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Kill off new growth (5)

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I believe the answer is:

shoot

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This might be a double definition.

'kill off' is the first definition.
'shoot' can be an answer for 'kill' (shooting is a kind of killing). I am not certain of the 'off' bit.

'new growth' is the second definition.
(a shoot is new growth from a plant)

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(Other definitions for shoot that I've seen before include "big game expedition?" , "Fire (a gun)" , "away" , "Film; move rapidly" , "Fire - new growth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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