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See one among rampaging axemen (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

examine

'see' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'one among rampaging axemen' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'among' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are placed among others).
'rampaging' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'axemen' anagrammed gives 'examne'.
'i' going inside 'examne' is 'EXAMINE'.

(Other definitions for examine that I've seen before include "Closely study" , "Test or study carefully" , "Subject to scrutiny" , "Investigate" , "Inspect, study" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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