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noun 
  1. (uncountable) extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device.
  2. (uncountable) deliberate exaggeration
  3. (countable) an instance or example of this technique
  4. (countable) (obsolete) a hyperbola
Etymology: From Latin, hyperbole < Ancient Greek (polytonic, á) (huperbolÄ) "excess, exaggeration < (polytonic, á) (huper) "above" + (polytonic, ) (ballÅ) "I throw".

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