lampooning in English
verb
1
publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm.
the senator made himself famous as a pinch-penny watchdog of public spending, lampooning dubious federal projects
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1. Larry Ellison is a prime choice for such lampooning because - married, thrice - divorced multimillionaire is larger than life.
2. 23 Larry Ellison is a prime choice for such lampooning because - married, thrice - divorced multimillionaire is larger than life.
3. 13 She appropriated slapstick and hyperbole to the delicious purpose of lampooning the fathead who made her life miserable.
4. It was a mad mongrel of a building, a Victorian folly lampooning the worst taste of several architectural ages.