Cryptic crossword clue
Brooding giant oddly destroyed island into bananas 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word INCUBATION

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The straight part
We know that "Brooding" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case brooding = incubation.
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What does INCUBATION mean?

INCUBATION noun
  1. Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
  2. The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
  3. A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction.
  4. One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point.
  5. Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.

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