detò
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
lampoon; write against; libel
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
O detòrọ onye isi obodo n'akwụkwọ akụkọ.
— He lampooned the town chairman in the newspaper.
Ndị na-ede akwụkwọ na-adetò ndị ọchịchị.
— Writers lampoon leaders.
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