A vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions.
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World War I is often called the crucible of our national identity.
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Thus I was placed in the crucible for further refinement and regeneration.
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Powder the regulus in a mortar and transfer to a small crucible.
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All this will be tested in the crucible over the coming months.
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The precipitate may, if preferred, be placed in a weighted porcelain crucible.
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It was God's crucible, and she was on her way into it.
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But this is Headingley, the crucible of so many previously unthinkable accomplishments.
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Does the refiner hesitate to put the crude ore into the crucible?
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But they would do nothing to move Rogert out of the crucible.
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Gurney had been forged and tempered in a crucible of extreme pain.
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Then the soil crackled and smoked as if dropped into a crucible.
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He fumbled out the crucible wrapped in his handkerchief from his pocket.
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This, then, was the crucible into which the Archbishop's pieces had gone.
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The kitchen was a crucible, and the old dame a mediaeval alchemist.
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It's a very sacred crucible. She pauses and gives a goofy grin.
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Place the crucible in the funnel, and apply a gentle suction,!after which!
