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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
satirise .
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Examples
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Yet the Big Brother society that he satirised is growing before our eyes.
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Andrew McRae, the associate dean of education at Exeter, happily admits he may be one of a new breed of university management to be satirised by Hensher.
Philip Hensher's campus comedy angers university colleagues 2011
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When Natha's scheme is publicised, the reactions of the venal politicians, the media and the minister for agriculture are mercilessly satirised.
Peepli Live Philip French 2010
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It's a brave field to enter – every nuance of the hard rock genre having been satirised by comedians, and hard rock musicians themselves – but it's one the London band are doing with some considerable pluck; Saint Jude's debut album, Diary Of A Soul Fiend, finds them trying to walk in the deep footprints of the Rolling Stones, Faces, Black Crowes and Primal Scream.
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I think it is S: Z that is being satirised, not the novel.
"So Set Against the Notion of Convention That I Should Attack It" 2009
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It was the craze for Italian opera that saw the first theatre built on the site in 1732, oddly enough due to a play that actually satirised opera.
The Royal Opera House: Welcome to the new people's palace | Observer Profile 2011
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Perkins advertised the rods heavily and was satirised for his pains by Gillray, who depicted him tractorising a wart on John
Index of People 2009
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On Sunday, when they satirised the advertising industry and questioned the sanity of VW in putting a diesel in a Scirocco, they were bang on target.
Nobody likes a smart arse « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2009
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He also earned mentions on top-rated chat shows and was satirised by actor Seth Green, who applied eyeliner and urged the public to "Leave Chris Crocker alone!"
Meet Chris Crocker: Britney's champion and YouTube sensation 2011
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The politicians Dobbs satirised were driven by cynical self-interest, but essentially harmless towards the public.
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