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What is the noun for ordeal?

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ordeal
  1. A painful or trying experience.
  2. A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused.
  3. The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean
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  5. Examples:
    1. “A young Ilkley landlord is recovering from a terrifying ordeal in which he was ambushed by two armed burglars.”
      “In early times, it was more common to have wager of law or trial by ordeal.”
      “Tracey, 32, who has waived her automatic right to anonymity, said it was only now that she felt strong enough to speak out about her ordeal.”
ordeals
  1. plural of ordeal
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In men, the scars often indicate social standing or physical ordeals of individual valour.”
      “Her real ordeals begin when her husband starts to assume responsibility for his recovery.”
      “The strained limbs in his bronzes of ballerinas behind the stage expose the ordeals necessary to simulate an effortless grace on the stage.”
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