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Brushes aside colour with it in circles (10)

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I believe the answer is:

discredits

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'brushes aside' is the definition.
(discrediting is a kind of brushing aside)

'colour with it in circles' is the wordplay.
'colour with' becomes 'red' (red is a kind of colour. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'circles' becomes 'discs' (circular items).
'red'+'it'='redit'
'redit' put within 'discs' is 'DISCREDITS'.

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