Possible Clues:

• In slander I detect insult
• Jeer at
• Some wilder ideas to laugh at
• Mock at dense framework with dire consequence
• Mock the German and die strangely
• Poke fun at some of the dire dancers falling over
• Laugh at the German plan that's incomplete
• Jeer, belittle
• Jeer, make little of
• Knock clear into the river