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ordeal (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: ordal 'trial, judgment']
a terrible or painful experience that continues for a period of time
ordeal of
::She then had to go through the ordeal of giving evidence.
:: She was forced to face the ordeal of withdrawal symptoms.
:: He was beginning to wonder if he would survive the ordeal .
:: Teresa had a transplant in 1989 and was just recovering from that ordeal when she suffered a brain hemorrhage.
:: Soon the whole terrifying ordeal would be over.
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
go though an ordeal
face an ordeal
survive an ordeal
recover from an ordeal
spare somebody the ordeal of doing something (=not make someone have to do something)
terrible/dreadful ordeal
terrifying ordeal