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hyperbolize

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hy⋅per⋅bo⋅lize

  [hahy-pur-buh-lahyz] verb, -lized, -liz⋅ing.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
–verb (used with object)
2. to represent or express with hyperbole or exaggeration.
Also, especially British, hy⋅per⋅bo⋅lise.

Origin:
1590–1600; hyperbole + -ize
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hy·per·bo·lize   (hī-pûr'bə-līz')   
v.   hy·per·bo·lized, hy·per·bo·liz·ing, hy·per·bo·liz·es

v.   intr.
To use hyperbole; exaggerate.
v.   tr.
To express with hyperbole.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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