This is potentially dangerous, it may end disastrously (8)

I believe the answer is:

dynamite

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'this is potentially dangerous' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'it may end disastrously' is the wordplay.
'disastrously' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'it'+'may'+'end'='itmayend'
'itmayend' anagrammed gives 'DYNAMITE'.

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(Other definitions for dynamite that I've seen before include "Nobel's invention" , "Nitroglycerine explosive" , "A1" , "High explosive" , "Jelly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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