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Stage acts of violence here? (7,2,3)

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I believe the answer is:

theatre of war

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'violence here?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'stage acts of' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'stage' could be 'theatre' (theatre stage is a kind of stage) and 'theatre' is located in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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