Ordeal

/ɔːdˈi‍əl/

/ɔɹˈdiɫ/

[noun]

Ordeal

[NOUN]

a difficult or painful experience, often one that lasts long and requires great effort and endurance to overcome

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

synonyms : trial by ordeal

Examples

1. "Sadly only one of Tidbit's babes survived the ordeal."

2. Other times people just miraculously survived their ordeal.

3. The male from the glade has survived the ordeal.

4. Finally, the ordeal is over.