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hyperbolize
UK /haɪˈpɜːbəlaɪz/ US /haɪˈpɝbəlaɪz/
verb 2
Collocations
1VERB + HYPERBOLIZE
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Definitions
verb
1
To exaggerate, use hyperbole.
2
To represent or talk about with hyperbole.
to purchase credit to their judgement, and draw you on to beleeve them, they commonly adorne, enlarge, yea, and Hyperbolize the matter.
But what is this metasubstance that blinks at us from the apex of the morph, and that in Terminator 2 is hyperbolized in the quicksilver substratum of the T-1000?
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- overstate
- exaggerate
- overdraw
- hyperbolise
- magnify
- amplify
Antonyms
- understate
- minimize
- minimise
- downplay
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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to purchase credit to their judgement, and draw you on to beleeve them, they commonly adorne, enlarge, yea, and Hyperbolize the matter.
Wiktionary02
But what is this metasubstance that blinks at us from the apex of the morph, and that in Terminator 2 is hyperbolized in the quicksilver substratum of the T-1000?
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