Threw out strange device with its centre (7)
I believe the answer is:
evicted
'threw out' is the definition.
(evicting is a kind of throwing out)
'strange device with its centre' is the wordplay.
'strange' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'centre' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letter of 'its' is 't'.
'device' with letters rearranged gives 'eviced'.
'eviced' placed around 't' is 'EVICTED'.
(Other definitions for evicted that I've seen before include "Ousted" , "Expelled from property" , "turned out" , "Thrown out of home" , "Legally dispossessed" .)