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Eradicate boil as treated by hospital (7)

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I believe the answer is:

abolish

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

'boil as treated by hospital' is the wordplay.
'treated' is an anagram indicator.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hospital' becomes 'H' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
'boil'+'as'='boilas'
'boilas' is an anagram of 'abolis'.
'abolis'+'h'='ABOLISH'

(Other definitions for abolish that I've seen before include "Put an end to (practice)" , "Put an end to, formally" , "delete" , "Do away with, rescind" , "Formally do away with" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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