Take a dire bit out of stream of abuse (8)
I believe the answer is:
diatribe
'stream of abuse' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'take a dire bit out' is the wordplay.
'a dire bit' can be anagrammed to 'DIATRIBE'.
However, I'm unsure how the anagram is indicated.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for diatribe that I've seen before include "Insults" , "Bitter verbal attack" , "A Prolonged harangue" , "Stream of invective" , "A prolonged piece of invective" .)