"hell week" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1995 September 10, “Citadel's First Female Cadet Tells of the Stress of Her Court Fight”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-06-14:",
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        "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."
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        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) 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."
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          "ref": "1991, James K. Semones, Effective Study Skills: A Step-by-step System for Achieving Student Success, page xvii:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2002, Paul Laska, Four Years, page 147:",
          "text": "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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        "In a college or university, the week leading up to final examinations."
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        "(chiefly US) In a college or university, the week leading up to final examinations."
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        "(chiefly US, idiomatic) 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."
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