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Ruin, perhaps as a march crushes Left (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demolish

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'ruin' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'as a march crushes left' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'march' could be 'demo' (as in a demonstration) and 'demo' is found in the answer.
'left' could be 'l' (common abbreviation) and 'l' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ish' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'perhaps' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for demolish that I've seen before include "Pull or tear down" , "Knock down, say a building" , "Break down" , "Knock down, a building or argument perhaps" , "Knock or tear down" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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