Feuerprobe — meaning in English

English meaning

• crucible noun A heat-resistant container used to melt metals or heat chemicals at very high temperatures.
• ordeal noun A very difficult, painful, or exhausting experience.

Senses

Feuerprobe is used for these senses in English:

• crucible (figuratively) A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.
• ordeal (historical) 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.

crucible — full definition

1. noun A heat-resistant container used to melt metals or heat chemicals at very high temperatures.
2. noun A difficult, intense experience that tests or shapes a person's character.

ordeal — full definition

1. noun A very difficult, painful, or exhausting experience.
2. noun Historically, a trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous physical test, the outcome believed to reveal guilt or innocence by divine judgment.

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