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Deliver a forceful speech and hear a gun going off (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

harangue

'deliver a forceful speech' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'hear a gun going off' is the wordplay.
'going off' is an anagram indicator (letters go or move around).
'hear'+'a'+'gun'='hearagun'
'hearagun' with letters rearranged gives 'HARANGUE'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for harangue that I've seen before include "Loud and agressive speech" , "Rant" , "Exhortation" , "urgent words" , "Loud angry speech" .)

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