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Brutal article about smothering well-ordered militias (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

animalistic

'brutal' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'article about smothering well-ordered militias' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'about' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for circa).
'smothering' is an insertion indicator.
'well ordered' is an anagram indicator.
'an'+'c'='anc'
'militias' anagrammed gives 'imalisti'.
'anc' placed around 'imalisti' is 'ANIMALISTIC'.

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