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Justified conflict went on (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

warranted

'justified' is the definition.
('warrant' can be a synonym of 'justify')

'conflict went on' is the wordplay.
'conflict' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict).
'went on' becomes 'ranted' (I've seen this before).
'war'+'ranted'='WARRANTED'

(Another definition for warranted that I've seen is " Justified or guaranteed".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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