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Discharged saint with passion (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shot

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'discharged' is the definition.
(shooting is a kind of discharging)

'saint with passion' is the wordplay.
'saint' becomes 's'.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'passion' becomes 'hot' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
's'+'hot'='SHOT'

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(Other definitions for shot that I've seen before include "Charge" , "Ruined; photograph" , "injured or killed?" , "Small drink; (rocket) launch" , "Discharged a weapon" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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