"death march" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: death marches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} death march (plural death marches)
  1. A forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey. Translations (forced movement of people in such circumstances that many die during the journey): 死亡行軍 (Chinese Mandarin), 死亡行军 (sǐwáng xíngjūn) (Chinese Mandarin), pochod smrti [masculine] (Czech), dødsmarch [common-gender] (Danish), dodenmars [masculine] (Dutch), kuolemanmarssi (Finnish), marche de la mort [feminine] (French), Todesmarsch [masculine] (German), 死の行進 (shi no kōshin) (Japanese), 死の行軍 (shi no kōgun) (Japanese), marsz śmierci [masculine] (Polish), ма́рш сме́рти (márš smérti) [masculine] (Russian), марш смрти [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), marš smrti [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dödsmarsch [common-gender] (Swedish), martsa ng kamatayan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-death_march-en-noun-gGnqhakY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of 'forced movement of people in such circumstances that many die during the journey': 92 4 4
  2. (project management) A project that requires a stretch of unsustainable overwork, or whose participants feel it is destined to fail. Translations (project requiring stretch of unsustainable overwork): デスマーチ (desu māchi) (Japanese), デスマ (desuma) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-death_march-en-noun-dQwEo3sD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 33 28 Disambiguation of 'project requiring stretch of unsustainable overwork': 7 89 3
  3. Synonym of dead march (“mournful music for a funeral etc.”) Categories (topical): Murder Synonyms: dead march [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: forced march
    Sense id: en-death_march-en-noun-BibGa5bD Disambiguation of Murder: 28 20 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 33 28

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