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Get up following terribly acute burn (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cauterise

'burn' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'get up following terribly acute' is the wordplay.
'get up' becomes 'rise' ('rise' can be a synonym of 'get up'**).
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'terribly' is an anagram indicator.
'acute' anagrammed gives 'caute'.
'rise' put after 'caute' is 'CAUTERISE'.

(Another definition for cauterise that I've seen is " Burn or sear tissue".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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