Colleges' ram follows destroyed mines (10)

I believe the answer is:

seminaries

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'colleges' ram follows destroyed mines' is the definition.
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'ram follows destroyed mines' is the wordplay.
'ram' becomes 'aries' (I've seen this in another clue).
'follows' says to put letters next to each other.
'destroyed' is an anagram indicator.
'mines' is an anagram of 'semin'.
'aries' after 'semin' is 'SEMINARIES'.

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