Usually means: Testing ability through extreme challenge.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (trial by fire)

noun:  A test in which a person is exposed to flames in order to assess their truthfulness, commitment, courage etc.
noun:  A situation in which a soldier or other combatant faces the discharge of opposing weapons, as a test of their fortitude.
noun:  (idiomatic, by extension) Any ordeal which tests one's strength, endurance or resolve.

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