Meaning of hell week | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The week during which new members are required to undergo undignified rites of initiation or gruelling discipline in order to be accepted into a fraternity, sorority, secret society, military group, etc.
   US, idiomatic
2. In a college or university, the week leading up to final examinations.
   US

Examples

“She was among a number⟳ of cadets taken to the infirmary with heat sickness on the first day of the rigorous drills called hell week.”

“As a college freshman, this was vividly impressed on me during my first exposure to hell week. Hell week is the term many students use⟳ in reference to what professors and other college officials call⟳ final exam week.”

“I finished my exam and handed it to the grad assistant at the front row. […] I had finished Hell Week! Winter break⟳ has officially begun.”

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