as in fire
a test of faith, patience, or strength
soldiers who had withstood the crucible of war
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Recent Examples of crucible
Even under another October crucible.
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Operating under daily threat and surveillance, the studio becomes a crucible of moral sacrifice, artistic resistance, and survival.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
In a high-purity quartz crucible, the polysilicon is heated to about 1,425 °C and melts.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
The West, the inner order that emerged in the crucible of the Cold War, was a zone of peace.
—Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
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Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Operating under daily threat and surveillance, the studio becomes a crucible of moral sacrifice, artistic resistance, and survival.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
In a high-purity quartz crucible, the polysilicon is heated to about 1,425 °C and melts.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
The West, the inner order that emerged in the crucible of the Cold War, was a zone of peace.
—Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crucible
Noun
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Then the 23-year-old's plane suddenly dove straight into the ground and caught on fire.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The film recreates the circumstances that surrounded Hind Rajab’s actual killing in January 2024, in which Red Crescent volunteers struggled to send an ambulance to rescue the child, who was trapped under fire in Gaza.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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None of the hikers were injured as a result of the ordeal, according to the sheriff’s department.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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And though the legal process has been a huge ordeal, Cahall’s nowhere near giving up the good fight.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Then they're run a gantlet of exams and years of training, amid constant scrutiny and with patients' lives on the line.—
Charlotte Huff,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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Fans of 29 other teams wouldn't enjoy the sight of LA adding another stone to its rotation infinity gauntlet, but the Dodgers aren't in the business of letting their competition keep up.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Crucible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crucible. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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