Detest completely (4)

I believe the answer is:

hate

(Other definitions for hate that I've seen before include "powerful emotion" , "Passionately dislike" , "Abominate" , "Strongly dislike" , "Antipathy" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.

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