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Outbreak going from unripe to mushy (8)

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I believe the answer is:

eruption

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'outbreak' is the definition.
(I know that outbreak can be written as eruption)

'unripe to mushy' is the wordplay.
'mushy' indicates anagramming the letters (letters mushed up).
'unripe'+'to'='unripeto'
'unripeto' anagrammed gives 'ERUPTION'.

'going from' is the link.
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(Other definitions for eruption that I've seen before include "Volcanic event" , "Violent discharge of volcanic material" , "The action of a volcano" , "which blighted Pompeii?" , "Exploding" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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