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Repeat for crashing bore (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

perforate

'bore' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'repeat for crashing' is the wordplay.
'crashing' is an anagram indicator.
'repeat'+'for'='repeatfor'
'repeatfor' with letters rearranged gives 'PERFORATE'.

(Other definitions for perforate that I've seen before include "Make hole or holes through" , "punch" , "Puncture" , "pass through hole" , "bore!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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