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Army given rations made to consume (5-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

force-fed

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'rations made to consume' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'army given' is the wordplay.
'army' becomes 'force' (I've seen this before).
'given' becomes 'fed' ('feed' can be a synonym of 'give').
'force'+'fed'='FORCE-FED'

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(Another definition for force-fed that I've seen is " Made to eat food".)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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