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Disrupt a succession of scoring strokes (5)

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break

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'disrupt' is the definition.
(breaking is a kind of disrupting)

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(Other definitions for break that I've seen before include "accumulation of points" , "Holiday; decipher (code)" , "Holiday - destroy" , "Interruption" , "Ruin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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