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I get strained terribly and fall apart (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disintegrate

'fall apart' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'i get strained terribly' is the wordplay.
'terribly' is an anagram indicator.
'i'+'get'+'strained'='igetstrained'
'igetstrained' with letters rearranged gives 'DISINTEGRATE'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for disintegrate that I've seen before include "Decompose" , "Lose all cohesion" , "Crumble" , "Shatter" , "collapse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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