Deal with or discard (7)
I believe the answer is:
dispose
This clue is a double definition.
'deal with' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'discard' is the second definition.
(I know that discard can be written as dispose)
(Other definitions for dispose that I've seen before include "Place in order (as God does)" , "Incline" , "Arrange (in order)" , "Spies do (anag) - get rid of" , "make an arrangement" .)