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Friend runs away after suffering heart tremors (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

earthquake

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'friend runs away' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'suffering heart tremors' is the wordplay.
'suffering' indicates an anagram.
'tremors' becomes 'quake' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'heart' with letters rearranged gives 'earth'.
'earth'+'quake'='EARTHQUAKE'

'after' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for earthquake that I've seen before include "Strong tremor" , "natural disaster" , "Seismic event" , "Violent tremor in ground" .)

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