death march

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death march

noun death marches

A forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey. the Bataan Death March
A project that requires a stretch of unsustainable overwork, or whose participants feel it is destined to fail.
Synonym of dead march (“mournful music for a funeral etc.”). Jacob Scheele was led to the gallows as a band played a death march.
Similar: dead march

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noun forced movement of people in such circumstances that many die during the journey

한국어	죽음의 행진 jugeumui haengjin
日本語	死の行進 shi no kōshin, 死の行軍 shi no kōgun
中文	死亡行軍 /死亡行军 sǐwáng xíngjūn
Français	marche de la mort
Deutsch	Todesmarsch
Русский	ма́рш сме́рти márš smérti

noun project requiring stretch of unsustainable overwork

日本語	デスマーチ desu māchi, デスマ desuma

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@misc{death_march_2026,
  title = {death march},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/death%20march},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}