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Vocabulary Entry
ordeal
|noun • verb
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N
noun
A painful or difficult experience or trial.
Example Sentences
"She went through a real ordeal during her recovery."
"The survivors of the storm described their ordeal to the reporters."
"His long ordeal in the desert changed his outlook on life."
V
verb
To subject someone to a painful or difficult experience.
Example Sentences
"The team was ordeal by the intense training camp."
"The documentary showed how the victims were ordeal for years."
"They did not mean to ordeal their friends with such heavy topics."