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Verbal attack from little woman leading a group of families (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

diatribe

'verbal attack' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'little woman leading a group of families' is the wordplay.
'little woman' becomes 'di' (short for Diane, Diana etc).
'leading' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'group of families' becomes 'tribe' (I've seen this before).
'di'+'a'+'tribe'='DIATRIBE'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for diatribe that I've seen before include "A violent attack in words, abusive criticism" , "Hostile rant" , "A Prolonged harangue" , "Strong words" , "critical speech" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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