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Burn millions in company lacking solvency (7)

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I believe the answer is:

combust

'burn' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'millions in company lacking solvency' is the wordplay.
'millions' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'lacking solvency' becomes 'bust' (financially bust).
'co'+'bust'='cobust'
'm' going within 'cobust' is 'COMBUST'.

(Another definition for combust that I've seen is " Burn".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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