Anger when leader is removed from republic (3)
I believe the answer is:
ire
'anger' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'leader is removed from republic' is the wordplay.
'leader' says to take the initial letters.
'from' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'republic' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The first letters of 'is removed' is 'ir'.
'ir'+'e'='IRE'
'when' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ire that I've seen before include "Anger, annoyance" , "Strong emotion" , "Losing head" , "passionate feeling" , "Irritation, anger" .)