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overreaction

noun C2
  1. A reaction that is excessive. (countable, uncountable) · She had every right to dump you, but cutting up all your clothes after she did so was an overreaction.· This whole fear over swine flu was unfounded; it was clearly an overreaction.

Plural overreactions

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