hyperbole
- Noun. (uncountable) Extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device.
- Noun. (uncountable) Deliberate exaggeration.
- Noun. (countable) An instance or example of this technique.
- Noun. (countable, obsolete) A hyperbola.
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