satirize

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satirize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Satirize \Sat"ir*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Satirized; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Satirizing.] [Cf. F. satiriser.]
     To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to
     censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished
           vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished
           virtues.                                 --Swift.
     [1913 Webster]

satirize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  satirize
      v 1: ridicule with satire; "The writer satirized the
           politician's proposal" [syn: satirize, satirise,
           lampoon]