Cryptic crossword clue
Getting out of Hull — talk about a diabolical place 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SHELLING

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The straight part
We know that "Getting out of Hull" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case getting out of hull = shelling.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SHELLING mean?

SHELLING verb
  1. To remove the outer covering or shell of something.
  2. To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
  3. To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
  4. To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
  5. To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
  6. To switch to a shell or command line.
  7. To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
  8. To form a shelling.
SHELLING noun
  1. An artillery bombardment.
  2. The removal of the shell from a nut, pea etc.
  3. Grain from which the husk has been removed.
  4. An ordering of the facets of a boundary complex such that the intersection of each facet (other than the first) with the union of all preceding facets is homeomorphic to a ball or sphere. See Shelling (topology)
  5. Shallow, irregular cracks that appear on the surface of a coating such as plaster or mortar.

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