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Get used to terrible ruin, to a point (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inure

'get used to' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'terrible ruin to a point' is the wordplay.
'terrible' indicates an anagram.
'to a point' becomes 'e' (compass point).
'ruin' anagrammed gives 'inur'.
'inur'+'e'='INURE'

(Other definitions for inure that I've seen before include "Harden against, make tough" , "Harden, make accustomed to" , "Harden or accustom as to something unpleasant" , "To give experience" , "Cause to become hardened to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and The Daily Express.
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