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Definition of satirize verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

satirize

verb
 
/ˈsætəraɪz/
 
/ˈsætəraɪz/
(British English also satirise)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they satirize
 
/ˈsætəraɪz/
 
/ˈsætəraɪz/
he / she / it satirizes
 
/ˈsætəraɪzɪz/
 
/ˈsætəraɪzɪz/
past simple satirized
 
/ˈsætəraɪzd/
 
/ˈsætəraɪzd/
past participle satirized
 
/ˈsætəraɪzd/
 
/ˈsætəraɪzd/
-ing form satirizing
 
/ˈsætəraɪzɪŋ/
 
/ˈsætəraɪzɪŋ/
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  1. satirize somebody/something to use satire to show the faults in a person, an organization, a system, etc.
    • The cartoon satirizes middle-aged, middle-class liberals.
    Topics Literature and writingc2
See satirize in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
halfway
adverb
 
 
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