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farce

farce / farce / To make something absurd or ridiculous, often by manipulating it for comic effect.

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Meanings

Nounfarce

A comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including improbable situations to provoke laughter.

"The play was a broad farce that left the audience in stitches."

Nounfarce

An event or situation that is absurd, ridiculous, or a mockery of a serious process.

"The trial was a complete farce because the verdict had been decided before it began."

Transitive VerbTo make something absurd or ridiculous, often by manipulating it for comic effect.

[~ something]

He attempted to farce the political debate into a series of jokes.

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