Synonym: experience, test, trial, tribulation. Similar words: order, border, in order, deal, ideal, disorder, in order to, out of order. Meaning: [ɔr'dɪːl /ɔː'd-] 
n. 1. a severe or trying experience 2. 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.
n. 1. a severe or trying experience 2. 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. 
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151. During his 18-month ordeal Ryan regularly went home covered in cigarette burns and bruises.
152. The famous incident of the ordeal by fire then occurred.
153. He answered my questions with monosyllables and shrugs, waiting impatiently for the ordeal to end.
154. Jenny told her story without any of the self-pity that I thought I would feel after such an ordeal.
155. It takes place at night and might almost be called ordeal by fire.
156. One of the former pupils, who's now nineteen, has been speaking about his ordeal.
157. For the relief workers, trying to cope is an overwhelming ordeal.
158. Though the Goldmans and Browns will likely never stop grieving for their loved ones, part of their ordeal is over.
159. The hostages were released unharmed Friday morning, about 15 hours after the ordeal began in Sacramento.
160. But following the ordeal, he's decided to quit his job.
161. Compounding all this is the fear that the ordeal is not yet over and that her assailants may return to kill her.sentencedict.com
162. This was the greatest test for surfers, but it was just as much of an ordeal for journalists.
163. This time, though, there was hope; her strong young body recovered quickly from the ordeal of Hubert's birth.
164. After barely surviving her ordeal, the young woman began years of reconstructive surgery.
165. Sam couldn't wait for the whole tiring ordeal to be over.
166. The hostages were relieved that their long ordeal was finally over.
167. You've come through the ordeal with flying colours.
168. The engagement lasted four years(sentencedict.com), an ordeal of abstinence.
169. I was lightheaded, glad my ordeal was over.
170. Last night he relived his terrifying ordeal.
171. Klein in Brazil sick Cross also experienced the ordeal.
172. Trial by ordeal is illegal in most most places.
173. Trial by ordeal was common in England in the middle ages.
174. Seated beside him, I bore the ordeal for two hours.
175. Only after this ordeal did he begin his long and fruitful association with Ulysses Grant.
176. And as the well-proportioned gird themselves for the hassles of holiday travel, plus-size travelers like me prepare for a plus-sized ordeal.
177. He also introduced a new jury system to replace the old ordeal - based trial system.
178. A small bread maker will add homely comfort to their ordeal.
179. She drank some water nerving herself for a more terrible ordeal.
180. The ordeal of wheelchair-bound Johnny Hudgins, a retired comic, mime and tap dancer, came to light after police arrested David Hill, 22, ....
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