Definition of "hyperbolize" []

• To use hyperbole; exaggerate. (verb-intransitive)
• To express with hyperbole. (verb-transitive)

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• "Nov 30th, 2009 at 6: 42 pm deanlo: well he is semi-elitist and so has that sort of holier-than-thou attitude. but, is he actually that narrow minded or did he just hyperbolize for the camera? and then try to redeem himself with the Technicality Card by implying that he was only referring to Manhattan?"
• "Don't just say what you don't want and then hyperbolize your position."
• "To be fair I did hyperbolize Mohler's position as "paddling about in intellectual backwaters," but I think he was less concerned about that unflattering image than he was about the point I was making."