Locate last piece of shrapnel in bone before hospital or perish? (7)
I believe the answer is:
publish
'locate' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I don't see how one could define the other.
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for publish that I've seen before include "Issue (a book/magazine)" , "Damned if I do!" , "Get into print" , "Issue, make known" , "Report" .)