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Ordeal
01
beproeving, kwelling
a difficult or painful experience, often one that lasts long and requires great effort and endurance to overcome
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Climbing the mountain was an ordeal that tested their physical and mental limits.
De berg beklimmen was een beproeving die hun fysieke en mentale grenzen testte.
The ordeal of losing her job was followed by months of uncertainty and struggle.
De beproeving van haar baan verliezen werd gevolgd door maanden van onzekerheid en strijd.
02
godsgericht, ordalie
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
