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Agreed it isn't 'broken up' but 'break up' (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disintegrate

'break up' is the definition.

'agreed it isn't broken up' is the wordplay.
'broken up' indicates an anagram.
'agreed'+'it'+'isnt'='agreeditisnt'
'agreeditisnt' anagrammed gives 'DISINTEGRATE'.

'but' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for disintegrate that I've seen before include "Go to pieces" , "decay" , "Decompose" , "collapse" , "Crumble" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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