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No truce arranged? Slaughter (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trounce

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

'no truce arranged?' is the wordplay.
'arranged?' is an anagram indicator.
'no'+'truce'='notruce'
'notruce' with letters rearranged gives 'TROUNCE'.

(Other definitions for trounce that I've seen before include "Clobber" , "Rout" , "Wipe the floor with" , "Wallop" , "Thrash" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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