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Tear apart or show contempt for someone in the club? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dismember

'tear apart' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'show contempt for someone in the club?' is the wordplay.
'show contempt for' becomes 'dis'.
'someone in the club?' becomes 'member'.
'dis'+'member'='DISMEMBER'

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for dismember that I've seen before include "Remove the limbs of, or divide into parts" , "Tear limb from limb" , "cut to pieces" , "Divide up (organisation)" , "Break up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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