Got roped in to play, explosively ruining it? (10)

I believe the answer is:

torpedoing

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'explosively ruining it?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'got roped in to play' is the wordplay.
'to play' indicates an anagram.
'got'+'roped'+'in'='gotropedin'
'gotropedin' is an anagram of 'TORPEDOING'.

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