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Goes off in a bad temper? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

explodes

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'goes off' is the definition.
(exploding is a kind of going off)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

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(Another definition for explodes that I've seen is " Bursts out violently".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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