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Extremist brutal having released new form of radiation (11)

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I believe the answer is:

ultraviolet

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'form of radiation' is the definition.
(I know that ultraviolet is a type of actinic radiation)

'extremist brutal' is the wordplay.
'extremist' becomes 'ultra' (ultra can mean an extremist or radical).
'brutal' becomes 'violet' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ultra'+'violet'='ULTRAVIOLET'

'having released new' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for ultraviolet that I've seen before include "Radiation just outside the visible spectrum" , "light range" , "electromagnetic radiation" , "Relating to part of non-visible spectrum" , "form of invisible radiation" .)

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