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Gyrated helplessly into disaster (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tragedy

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'disaster' is the definition.
(I know that disaster can be written as tragedy)

'gyrated helplessly' is the wordplay.
'gyrated' can be anagrammed to 'TRAGEDY'.
Though, I'm unsure how the anagram is indicated.

'into' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tragedy that I've seen before include "Disaster - drama" , "sad event" , "Dire misfortune" , "Play with sad ending" , "Serious catastrophe" .)

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