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forced march

forced march noun: a movement on foot by soldiers or prisoners of war, who must, in order to satisfy a military requirement, travel at a speed or in adverse conditions that would normally tire them excessively.

Noun

forced march (plural forced marches)

  1. A movement on foot by soldiers or prisoners of war, who must, in order to satisfy a military requirement, travel at a speed or in adverse conditions that would normally tire them excessively.
    • I did not believe this possible because of the distance and the condition of the roads, which was bad; besides, troops after a forced march of twenty miles are not in a good condition for fighting the moment they get through.1885, Ulysses S. Grant, chapter 28, in Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant^(http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=3270...
    • [M]any of their leaders could not yet wholly believe that Jackson and his army, making a forced march in the dead of winter, were at hand.1914, Joseph A. Altsheler, chapter 4, in The Scouts of Stonewall

forced march meaning in Tamil

forced march in Tamil

வன்செலல்

Forms of forced march

pluralforced marches

Questions about forced march

What does forced march mean?
Forced march means a movement on foot by soldiers or prisoners of war, who must, in order to satisfy a military requirement, travel at a speed or in adverse conditions that would normally tire them excessively.
What is forced march in Tamil?
Forced march in Tamil is வன்செலல். See Forced march meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is forced march?
Forced march is a noun.
What is the plural of forced march?
The plural of forced march is forced marches.

Words near forced march in the dictionary

  1. forced labor
  2. forced laborer
  3. forced laborers
  4. forced labour
  5. forced landing
  6. forced march
  7. forced marches
  8. forced medicine
  9. forced meme
  10. forced memes
  11. forced one's way

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