hyperbole

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

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