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Abuse some pharmaceuticals (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

harm

'abuse' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'some pharmaceuticals' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates a hidden word (some of the parts of the word are used).
'HARM' is hidden in the letters of 'pharmaceuticals'.

(Other definitions for harm that I've seen before include "Hurt, injure" , "Hurt, maim" , "Injure or damage" , "Short-long metric feet" , "Injure, injury" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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