Extract from novel - "I'm in a terrible murder" (9)

I believe the answer is:

eliminate

'murder' is the definition.
(to eliminate by killing)

'extract from novel i'm in a terrible' is the wordplay.
'extract from' indicates a hidden word (some letters extracted from the clue).
'ELIMINATE' is hidden in the letters of 'novel im in a terrible'.

(Other definitions for eliminate that I've seen before include "Wipe out" , "Eradicate" , "Reject" , "Do away with, remove" , "Cut out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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