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Push violently the wrong way and spoil (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mar

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'spoil' is the definition.
(I know that spoil can be written as mar)

'push violently the wrong way' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'way' could be 'r' (abbreviation for right) and 'r' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ma' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for mar that I've seen before include "Ram into and spoil" , "Make imperfect" , "Ruin" , "Detract from" , "wreck" .)

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