ordeal
or
ɔr
awr
deal
ˈdil
dil
/ɔːdˈi‍əl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "ordeal"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻž

a difficult or painful experience, often one that lasts long and requires great effort and endurance to overcome
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ordeal of losing her job was followed by months of uncertainty and struggle.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧈āĻŦ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āψāĻļā§āĻŦāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰ

a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ