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Burn evil American company! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

singe

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'burn' is the definition.
(singe is a kind of burn)

'evil american company' is the wordplay.
'evil' becomes 'sin' (synonyms).
'american company' becomes 'ge' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sin'+'ge'='SINGE'

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(Other definitions for singe that I've seen before include "Result of match accident" , "Superficial burn" , "Burn the ends or edges of" , "Result of burning" , "Earnest entreaty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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