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Hurt woman with silver piercing, (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

damage

'hurt' is the definition.
(I know that hurt can be written as damage)

'woman with silver piercing' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'dame' (dame can mean a woman).
'with silver' becomes 'ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'piercing' is an insertion indicator (some letters pierce a hole in others).
'dame' going around 'ag' is 'DAMAGE'.

(Other definitions for damage that I've seen before include "'Deface, impair (6)'" , "Impair and lower value" , "Mar" , "Harm, impair" , "Impair or cause injury to" .)

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