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Totally demolish small Snickers? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slaughter

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'totally demolish' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'small snickers?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'small' could be 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size) and 's' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'laughter' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for slaughter that I've seen before include "best" , "Butchery" , "Mass killing or carnage" , "Glare thus to cause bloodthirsty killing" , "Wholesale killing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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