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A horse charging violently causing characters to relocate (11)

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I believe the answer is:

anagramming

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'characters to relocate' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'a horse charging violently' is the wordplay.
'horse' becomes 'nag' (term for an old horse).
'charging violently' becomes 'ramming' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a'+'nag'+'ramming'='ANAGRAMMING'

'causing' is the link.

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(Another definition for anagramming that I've seen is " Making parts of strap, perhaps".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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