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Verb: hyperbolise  hI'pur-bu,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: hyperbolize)
  1. To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
    "tended to romanticize and hyperbolise this 'gracious Old South' imagery";
    - overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, magnify, amplify

Derived forms: hyperbolising, hyperbolised, hyperbolises

Type of: disinform, misinform, mislead

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