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Obliterate boils treated in a hospital (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abolish

'obliterate' is the definition.
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'boils treated in a hospital' is the wordplay.
'treated' is an anagram indicator.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'hospital' becomes 'h' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
'boils' anagrammed gives 'bolis'.
'a'+'h'='ah'
'bolis' placed into 'ah' is 'ABOLISH'.

(Other definitions for abolish that I've seen before include "Put an end to, formally" , "Annul - eradicate" , "Put an end to (custom)" , "Axe" , "ditch" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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