A crucible is a heat-resistant container in which materials can be heated to very high temperatures.

Crucible may also refer to:

Literature, drama, and film The Crucible, a 1953 play by Arthur Miller about the Salem witch trials The Crucible (1957 film) (French: Les Sorcières de Salem), a film with a screenplay by Jean-Paul Sartre based on Miller's play The Crucible (1996 film), a film directed by Nicholas Hytner written by Miller based on his play The Crucible (opera), a 1961 opera by Robert Ward based on Miller's play The Crucible (1914 film), a silent film starring Marguerite Clark, based on novel by Mark Lee Luther The Crucible (novel), a 2009 novel by Gong Ji-Young The Crucible (2011 film), a South Korean film The Crucible (trilogy), a series of novels by Sara Douglass Crucible (Rollins novel), a 2019 novel by James Rollins Crucible (Denning novel), a 2013 Star Wars novel by Troy Denning Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad, the fifth novel of The Avatar Series Crucible, a planet in the novel On the Steel Breeze

Music Crucible (album), a 2002 album by Halford The Crucible (John Zorn album), 2008 Crucible (2013 tribute album), music of the Hunters & Collectors The Crucible (Motorpsycho album), 2019

Television "Crucible" (Arrow), an episode of Arrow "The Crucible" (Frasier), an episode of Frasier "The Crucible", an episode of the documentary series Canada: A People's History

Video games Crucible (video game), a free-to-play multiplayer third-person shooter Crucible, an expansion of Eve Online Crucible, a cancelled game by Maxis South "Crucible", a minigame in Fable II The Crucible, a fictional alien device in Mass Effect 3 Crucible, the name of a competitive PvP multiplayer activity in Destiny The Crucible, a fictional sword featured in Doom Eternal

Other uses Crucible Industries, the US steel manufacture that produces CPM steels Crucible, Pennsylvania, United States Crucible (software), a peer code review application from Atlassian, Inc. Crucible (geodemography), a geodemography system by the grocery company Tesco Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, England The Crucible (arts education center), a non-profit industrial arts studio in Oakland, California, US The Crucible (UNC Student Publication), a student newspaper at the University of Northern Colorado The Crucible, the final test in United States Marine Corps Recruit Training World Snooker Championship, hosted annually at the Crucible Theatre (see above), commonly referred to as "the Crucible"