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Get rid of boils spreading in a hospital (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abolish

'get rid of' is the definition.
('abolish' can be a synonym of 'get rid of')

'boils spreading in a hospital' is the wordplay.
'spreading' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'hospital' becomes 'h'.
'boils' with letters rearranged gives 'bolis'.
'a'+'h'='ah'
'bolis' inserted within 'ah' is 'ABOLISH'.

(Other definitions for abolish that I've seen before include "Quash" , "Put an end to, cancel" , "Get rid of" , "Terminate" , "Formally do away with" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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