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Dire update may be rejected (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

repudiated

'rejected' is the definition.
(repudiating is a kind of rejecting)

'dire update may be' is the wordplay.
'may be' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dire'+'update'='direupdate'
'direupdate' anagrammed gives 'REPUDIATED'.

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