Cryptic crossword clue
Mid-ocean, it rarely brings destruction 10

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

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The straight part
We know that "destruction" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case destruction = decimation.
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What does DECIMATION mean?

DECIMATION noun
  1. (strictly) The killing or punishment of every tenth person, usually by lot.
  2. (generally) The killing or destruction of any large portion of a population.
  3. A tithe or the act of tithing.
  4. The creation of a new sequence comprising only every nth element of a source sequence.

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