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baptism of fire

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Baptism of Fire is a 1943 American documentary film starring Elisha Cook Jr. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature .

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n. (context idiomatic English) The first experience of a severe ordeal, especially a first experience of military combat

Usage examples of baptism of fire.

He was primed for that trip to the edge of hell, eager to give the Crippler the kind of baptism of fire that Charles couldn't afford for it to have.

Still, Bravo Company felt they had undergone their baptism of fire, that soldier’.

Admittedly, the previous operation--against the Skinks on Kingdom--had been quite a baptism of fire.

Conscience thundered that she should be grateful on her knees for this baptism of fire.