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satires
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"satires" has 3 syllables: sat-ir-es. It rhymes with friars and desires, if that helps it stick.
noun
“a stinging satire of American politics.”
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"Satires" has 3 syllables: sat · ir · es.
Satires: A literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humor, irony, and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
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