satirize
verb (used with object)
to attack or ridicule with satire.
have satirized
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present perfectof satirize.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A few moments later, Short offered an overview of his own work — “Throughout my career, I have satirized narcissism,” he said — and it was time for payback.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
Topicality was so integral to its DNA that today, every new world happening generates a fresh wave of tweets wondering how 30 Rock would have satirized it.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2020
When it comes to politics, Li'I Abner and Pogo, which have satirized it for years, are at least as up to date as the men in Washington.
From Time Magazine Archive
And however the saucy boy may have satirized his tutor in the droll verses on "Bedtime," Mr. Rowbotham always remembered him with affection, and spoke of him with respect.
From The Life of John Ruskin by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood
Since literature has existed moralists have satirized fashion.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
