hyperbole

At the time, many dismissed it as hyperbole.

“The Supreme Court has made it crystal clear that only true threats are exempt from the freedom of speech — not hyperbole and political bombast.”

The prosecution's case that Earl had waged a "sustained campaign of terrorism and sabotage" was described by Mr Hynes as hyperbole.

Many of the tales of their early endeavors — including a 1936 test that ended with an oxygen line catching fire, creating, essentially, a flailing flame thrower — are now told in hyperbole, MacDonald noted.

On social media, he employed his usual hyperbole, calling it a "historic and unprecedented event" and the "first steps toward a strong, durable and everlasting peace".