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Destroy revival of the arts (7)

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I believe the answer is:

shatter

'destroy' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'revival of the arts' is the wordplay.
'revival of' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'the'+'arts'='thearts'
'thearts' anagrammed gives 'SHATTER'.

(Other definitions for shatter that I've seen before include "Break the minister into little pieces" , "Ruin" , "Break suddenly" , "thoroughly upset" , "Go to pieces" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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