Hurried through Dutch city avoiding the belligerent speech (8)
I believe the answer is:
harangue
'belligerent speech' is the definition.
'harangue' can be an answer for 'speech' (harangue is a kind of speech). I'm unsure of the 'belligerent' bit.
'hurried through dutch city avoiding the' is the wordplay.
'hurried' becomes 'ran' (running is a kind of hurrying).
'through' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters go through the word).
'dutch city' becomes 'The Hague' (the Hague is a city in the Netherlands).
'avoiding' is a deletion indicator.
'thehague' with 'the' taken away is 'hague'.
'ran' going inside 'hague' is 'HARANGUE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for harangue that I've seen before include "Tirade, diatribe" , "A lengthy speech or scolding" , "address" , "A lengthy speech or diatribe" , "Rant" .)