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Destroyed anaemic pet for free (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emancipate

'free' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'destroyed anaemic pet' is the wordplay.
'destroyed' indicates an anagram.
'anaemic'+'pet'='anaemicpet'
'anaemicpet' anagrammed gives 'EMANCIPATE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for emancipate that I've seen before include "Free from slavery" , "release" , "Set free" , "Free from restrictions" , "Liberate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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