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Raged, terribly ardent (6)

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I believe the answer is:

ranted

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'raged' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'terribly ardent' is the wordplay.
'terribly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ardent' is an anagram of 'RANTED'.

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(Other definitions for ranted that I've seen before include "Raved, mouthed off" , "Spoke wildly and loudly" , "Talked wildly, harangued" , "Spoke wildly and incoherently" , "Talked wildly and raved" .)

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