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Broadcast said Royal Marines will demobilise (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disarm

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'demobilise' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'broadcast said royal marines' is the wordplay.
'broadcast' is an anagram indicator.
'royal marines' becomes 'rm'.
'said' is an anagram of 'disa'.
'disa'+'rm'='DISARM'

'will' is the link.
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(Other definitions for disarm that I've seen before include "Do away with weaponry" , "Relieve of weapons" , "Make less angry or deprive of weapons" , "Allay suspicions" , "Abandon MAD" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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