Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To ridicule or attack by means of satire.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To assail with satire; make the object of satire or censure; expose to censure or ridicule with sarcastic wit. Also spelled
satirise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make the object of satire; to attack with satire; to censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make a
satire of; tomock .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb ridicule with satire
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Examples
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(Skip to the 5: 00 mark of this clip and you can see the scandalously underrated Jules Munshin satirize the Food Network, still a half-century in the future.)
Archive 2008-03-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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(Skip to the 5: 00 mark of this clip and you can see the scandalously underrated Jules Munshin satirize the Food Network, still a half-century in the future.)
Girder and Panel Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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He had already published one novel in which he exemplified in some measure characteristics of the novelists whom he later sought to condemn and satirize, that is, this first novel,
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Crumb has never, to my knowledge, stated any intent to "satirize" or "scandalize" Christian theology in his rendering of Genesis, but merely to depict what he found there.
"My problem was, how am I going to draw God?" Ann Althouse 2009
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Robert Cook said, "Crumb has never, to my knowledge, stated any intent to "satirize" or "scandalize" Christian theology in his rendering of Genesis, but merely to depict what he found there."
"My problem was, how am I going to draw God?" Ann Althouse 2009
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Taking its cue from the day's headlines, the XYZ Show presents its own version of the news, using a small army of life-sized puppets to satirize Kenyan politics.
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I know I tend to satirize, but I am being absolutely serious on this one.
On the blueline: One game to go, vs. Canada, gold at stake 2010
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Fortunately, Rugg and Maruca are smart enough to keep their creation in sketch contents, assembling an amusing “best of” volume of adventures that satirize both blaxploitation and, to a lesser extent, the ups and downs of a super-hero franchise.
Upcoming 1/27/2010 2010
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We might satirize, circumvent or hoodwink the great prince, but we don't mess with him.
The Secret to Berlusconi's Dolce Vita Beppe Severgnini 2011
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In part, "There But For The" means to gently satirize the British middle class.
The Illusion Of Things Sam Sacks 2011
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