death march

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey.
  2. A project that requires a stretch of unsustainable overwork, or whose participants feel it is destined to fail.
  3. Synonym of dead march (“mournful music for a funeral etc.”).

Word forms

death march death marches

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