Demo ran back; after a vehicle struck and rebounded (7)

I believe the answer is:

caromed

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'rebounded' is the definition.
(caroming is a kind of rebounding)

'demo ran back after a vehicle' is the wordplay.
'ran back' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'running back' mean this).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a vehicle' becomes 'car' (car is a kind of vehicle).
'demo' backwards is 'omed'.
'omed' put after 'car' is 'CAROMED'.

'struck and' acts as a link.
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