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Watered-down abuse? Duel it! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dilute

'watered-down' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'abuse? duel it' is the wordplay.
'abuse?' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'abuse' mean this).
'duel'+'it'='duelit'
'duelit' is an anagram of 'DILUTE'.

(Other definitions for dilute that I've seen before include "having less concentration" , "Reduce concentration of a liquid" , "not neat" , "Tone down" , "Add water to another liquid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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