death march

noun

Definitions

  1. A forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the…

    A forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey.

    • the Bataan Death March
  2. A project that requires a stretch of unsustainable overwork, or whose participants feel…

    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.”).

    • Jacob Scheele was led to the gallows as a band played a death march.

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