"ironize" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From irony + -ize.",
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        "To use irony"
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        "(intransitive) To use irony"
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        "intransitive"
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          "text": "His novels mocked and maligned the French middle class, ironizing it into oblivion.",
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          "ref": "2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 182:",
          "text": "The sketch begins with a text introduction that tells us, \"In 2014, a few brave souls dared to defy Big Oil and his encroachment on the Lakota Nation. In their most traditional garb, these warriors led a legendary protest.\" These statements are soon ironized by the image of a young Native American man, wearing only a flowery vest, baseball cap, tinted sunglasses, and underwear, who announces […]",
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        "To treat something in an ironic fashion"
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        "(transitive) To treat something in an ironic fashion"
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      "ipa": "/ˈaɪɹənaɪz/"
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  "word": "ironize"
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        "To use irony"
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        "(intransitive) To use irony"
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 182:",
          "text": "The sketch begins with a text introduction that tells us, \"In 2014, a few brave souls dared to defy Big Oil and his encroachment on the Lakota Nation. In their most traditional garb, these warriors led a legendary protest.\" These statements are soon ironized by the image of a young Native American man, wearing only a flowery vest, baseball cap, tinted sunglasses, and underwear, who announces […]",
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        "To treat something in an ironic fashion"
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        "(transitive) To treat something in an ironic fashion"
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