symbolize

(eg. critical, hindu, sign )

symbolize /ˈsɪm bə ˌlaɪz/ ?

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It is perhaps a uniquely Sicilian sort of irony that an easygoing smile shared by two old friends would come to symbolize the island's darkest hour of the past 60 years.
They stood in black socks to represent black poverty; Carlos wore beads to symbolize black lynchings; together they raised their black-gloved fists in a cry for black unity.
Hitler, by some reports, spent the week before the invasion confined to the Reich Chancellery, the opulent quarter-mile edifice he had built to symbolize Germany's might.

Keys, 27, said she's read several Black Panther autobiographies and wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck "to symbolize strength, power and killing 'em dead," according to an interview in the magazine's May issue, on newsstands Tuesday.
on Apr 11, 2008 By: Alicia Keys Source: Washington Post
"Though this statue is of one man, it should in actual fact symbolize all those who have resisted oppression, especially in my country," Mandela said at the ceremony attended by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. "The history of the struggle in...
on Aug 29, 2007 By: Nelson Mandela Source: Washington Post
"Rising from the heart of the World Trade Center site, the Freedom Tower will symbolize the spirit of our city and our nation: inspiring, soaring and undefeated," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
on Dec 19, 2006 By: Michael Bloomberg Source: Forbes