auxesis

  1. Noun.  (rhetoric) Extreme hyperbole.
  2. Noun.  (rhetoric) Arranging words or clauses in a sequence of increasing force.
  3. Noun.  (rhetoric) Amplification in any form.
  4. Noun.  (biology) The growth of an organism without cell division.

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