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death march

death march noun: a forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey.

Noun

death march (plural death marches)

  1. 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 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.2015, Daniel Allen Hearn, Legal Executions in New England, page 282
    Synonyms:
    dead march

death march meaning in Tagalog

death march in Tagalog

forced movement of people in such circumstances that many die during the journey
martsa ng kamatayan

Synonyms of death march

Forms of death march

pluraldeath marches

Questions about death march

What does death march mean?
Death march means a forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey.
What is death march in Tagalog?
Death march in Tagalog is martsa ng kamatayan. See Death march meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is death march?
Death march is a noun.
What is the plural of death march?
The plural of death march is death marches.

Words near death march in the dictionary

  1. death lanterns
  2. death list
  3. death lists
  4. death loop
  5. death loops
  6. death march
  7. death marches
  8. death mask
  9. death masks
  10. death messenger
  11. death messengers

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