ironize

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From iron(y) +‎ -ize.

ironize (third-person singular simple present ironizes, present participle ironizing, simple past and past participle ironized)

(intransitive) To use irony.
(transitive) To treat something in an ironic fashion.
- 2007 December 30, Lee Siegel, “The Blush of the New”, in New York Times‎:
  His novels mocked and maligned the French middle class, ironizing it into oblivion.
- 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 182:
  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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