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What does hyperbole mean?

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Noun
  1. (rhetoric) Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.
  2. (countable) An instance or example of such overstatement.
  3. (countable, obsolete) A hyperbola.
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But nobody can fault him for not lavishing enough hyperbole on his creation.
The formality and scale of her attire, her pose, and her lack of affectedness suggest class and gender and also hyperbole and overstatement.
Any hint of talking down to the troops with high-flown hyperbole was promptly greeted with catcalls and Bronx cheers.
I agree that media coverage of the issue too often has been laden with generalizations, hyperbole and sensational images.
All the hyperbole about how sacred the right to filibuster judges is is just bosh.
With characteristic hyperbole, the Servites remarked that it was one of the finest works Poccetti had ever executed.

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