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Humiliate a centre of operations (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abase

'humiliate' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'a centre of operations' is the wordplay.
'centre of operations' becomes 'base' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'base'='ABASE'

(Other definitions for abase that I've seen before include "Humiliate" , "Humble (oneself)" , "Belittle, degrade" , "what 11 [REPRIMANDS] are meant to do" , "Lower" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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