Definitions by NHTeach

Top Kill 

An impotent solution to an out of hand problem.

Switching the meeting time from Thursday to Tuesday is a top kill; it will do little to improve the meetings’ effectiveness.

Top Kill by NHTeach June 3, 2010

Top Kill 

A politically expedient, but highly ineffective, response to a major crisis or disaster.

A top kill, Obama’s Earth Day speech boiled down to a photo op with a fighter jet and a call to drill for more offshore oil.

Top Kill by NHTeach June 3, 2010