Blow up in meeting over revolting remark (8)

I believe the answer is:

detonate

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'blow up' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'in meeting over revolting remark' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'meeting over' becomes 'date' (date is a kind of meeting. I am not sure about the 'over' bit.).
'revolting' says the letters should be written backwards.
'remark' becomes 'note' (synonyms).
'note' back-to-front is 'eton'.
'date' going around 'eton' is 'DETONATE'.

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(Other definitions for detonate that I've seen before include "Set off explosive device" , "Cause to explode" , "Start 15 [EXPLOSION]" , "let off" , "Blow up, explode" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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