Definition of "hyperbolized" [hyperbolized]

• Simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize. (verb)

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• "The idea that the Mexican state is on the verge of collapse or that narco-violence is relentlessly sweeping north echo the kind of hyperbolized threat of Africanized bees or Sandinista convoys swarming our southern border during the Reagan era."
• "Sometimes it's better to trust your core beliefs rather than rely on the hyperbolized psychobabble that permeates much of society today."
• "The North is a past master in the game of brinksmanship-for-concessions, an irrational long-term strategy, but one that its economically marginalized and ideologically hyperbolized state and elite seem to depend upon more and more."