Bombarded and cut dish (8,5)

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peppered steak

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'dish' is the definition.
(peppered steak is a kind of dish)

'bombarded and cut' is the wordplay.
'bombarded' becomes 'peppered' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cut' becomes 'steak' (cut of meat).
'peppered'+'steak'='PEPPERED STEAK'

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