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Which term describes a use of verbal irony with a biting or critical intent

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Sardonic: grimly mocking or cynical. Satirical: the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. These are not exactly verbal irony, but language can definitely be satirical.
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