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'Shock and awe' upset rogue dissenting group (12)

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I believe the answer is:

stupefaction

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'shock' is the definition.
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'upset rogue dissenting group' is the wordplay.
'rogue' is an anagram indicator (letters go rogue).
'dissenting group' becomes 'faction' (I've seen this before).
'upset' anagrammed gives 'stupe'.
'stupe'+'faction'='STUPEFACTION'

'and awe' is the link.
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(Other definitions for stupefaction that I've seen before include "Total astonishment and shock" , "Extreme astonishment" , "Shocked astonishment" , "great astonishment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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