Get rid of character abroad, caught by international venture being withdrawn (9)

I believe the answer is:

eradicate

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'get rid of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'character abroad caught by international venture being withdrawn' is the wordplay.
'character abroad' becomes 'eta' (letter of the Greek alphabet).
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'by international' becomes 'i' (abbreviation eg in IMF. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'venture' becomes 'dare' (I've seen this in another clue).
'being withdrawn' says the letters should be written backwards.
'eta'+'c'+'i'+'dare'='etacidare'
'etacidare' backwards is 'ERADICATE'.

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(Other definitions for eradicate that I've seen before include "Excise" , "Get rid of, remove all traces" , "Stamp out, remove all traces of" , "Exterminate, extinguish" , "Kill" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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