Sever duties in turn (8)

I believe the answer is:

disunite

'sever' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'duties in turn' is the wordplay.
'turn' is an anagram indicator.
'duties'+'in'='dutiesin'
'dutiesin' is an anagram of 'DISUNITE'.

(Another definition for disunite that I've seen is " Split".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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