English Language & Usage Asked by cellardhour on February 26, 2021
I’m not sure if the phrase I’m looking for would be combat related or not, but essentially I’m looking to describe a situation like the following examples:
A drunk man shoves a sober man to get past him, and the sober man reacts by knocking out the drunk man’s teeth.
A wife cheats on her husband, so the husband kills her.
Dissident civilians throw rocks at soldiers, the soldiers shoot the civilians dead with machine guns.
Maybe overkill should suit your purpose
You can say that something is overkill when you think that there is more of it than is necessary or appropriate.
[Collins]
Answered by user405662 on February 26, 2021
...as in your question is the best answer.
to react to something too strongly : to respond to something with too strong an emotion or with unnecessary or excessive action
-Merriam Webster
and as @Yosem Baskin said in a comment
"Sounds like disproportionate retaliation."
...if you want to get fancy.
Answered by Cascabel on February 26, 2021
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