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English *verb*: hyperbolise
1.	hyperbolise (communication) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
		Samples	Tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery.
		Synonyms	amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate
		Pattern of use	Somebody ----s something
		Broader (hypernym)	misinform, mislead
		Narrower (hyponym)	aggrandise, aggrandize, blow, blow up, bluster, boast, brag, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, gas, gasconade, lard, overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress, pad, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt
		Antonyms	downplay, minimise, understate, minimize

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