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Ironize

//ˈaɪɹənaɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To use irony. intransitive
  2. 2
    To treat something in an ironic fashion. transitive

    "His novels mocked and maligned the French middle class, ironizing it into oblivion."

Etymology

From iron(y) + -ize.

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