Tiny edit destroyed character (8)
I believe the answer is:
identity
'character' is the definition.
(I know that identity is a type of character)
'tiny edit destroyed' is the wordplay.
'destroyed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tiny'+'edit'='tinyedit'
'tinyedit' anagrammed gives 'IDENTITY'.
(Other definitions for identity that I've seen before include "papers" , "Specified name of description of tin deity" , "One's sometimes mistaken" , "it may precede crisis" , "sort of card" .)