Synonyms for overreaction
over·re·ac·tion

Princeton's WordNet

1. overreactionnoun

   an excessive reaction; a reaction with inappropriate emotional behavior

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1. • Reaction

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1. List of paraphrases for "overreaction":

   overshooting, over-reaction, reaction

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1. One Calgary energy lawyer:

   This is a total overreaction – killing a mouse with a shotgun.

2. Vin Weber:

   Senator Marco Rubio of Florida see a little bit of an under-reaction from the Democrats and an overreaction from some of the The Republicans '.

3. Hans Kristensen:

   We have never been in a nuclear war where escalation is about to happen and early-warning systems are poised to look for signs of surprise nuclear strikes. In such a scenario, a decision by a military power to launch a conventional attack - but the adversary expects and mistakenly interprets it as a nuclear attack - could contribute to an overreaction that escalates the crisis.

4. Liam Condon:

   The experience has been in all industries (involved in litigation), these things always get solved, there has been a significant overreaction there and it's a great buying opportunity. It's almost like buy one, get one free.

5. Emmanuel Macron:

   The question Europeans need to answer … is it in our interest to accelerate [a crisis] on Taiwan? No. The worse thing would be to think that we Europeans must become followers on this topic and take our cue from the US agenda and a Chinese overreaction.