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Excessive Action Concerning Quarry Crossword Clue

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noun

• the capability to obliterate a target with more weapons (especially nuclear weapons) than are required

• any effort that seems to go farther than would be necessary to achieve its goal

32%3Quarry's quarry: 1970
noun

• United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)

• the fourth caliph of Islam who is considered to be the first caliph by Shiites; he was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad; after his assassination Islam was divided into Shiite and Sunnite sects

22%6 Known for its limestone quarry
noun

• a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron

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