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Wartime menace about to be destroyed (1-4)

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I believe the answer is:

u-boat

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'wartime menace' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'about to be destroyed' is the wordplay.
'to be destroyed' is an anagram indicator.
'about' with letters rearranged gives 'U-BOAT'.

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(Other definitions for u-boat that I've seen before include "German wartime submarine" , "Submersible warship armed with torpedoes" , "About (anag)" , "German submarine of WW2" , "German World War One or World War Two submarine" .)

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