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Technical word island country used for “ending” (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

termination

'ending' is the definition.
(termination is a kind of ending)

'technical word island country' is the wordplay.
'technical word' becomes 'term'.
'island' becomes 'i'.
'country' becomes 'nation' ('nation' can be a synonym of 'country').
'term'+'i'+'nation'='TERMINATION'

'used for' is the link.

(Other definitions for termination that I've seen before include "End" , "An ending" , "Conclusion" , "Stopping" , "Finish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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