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death marches

death marches is the plural of death march.

Meaning of death march

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

Questions about death marches

What is death marches the plural of?
Death marches is the plural of death march.

Words near death marches in the dictionary

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

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