Took off from disaster at work around one (9)
I believe the answer is:
satirised
'took off' is the definition.
'disaster at work around one' is the wordplay.
'at work' indicates an anagram.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'disaster' is an anagram of 'satirsed'.
'satirsed' placed around 'i' is 'SATIRISED'.
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for satirised that I've seen before include "Held up to ridicule" , "Lampooned" .)