death march

1. A forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey.

   the Bataan Death March

   Todesmarsch

   ма́рш сме́ртиmárš smérti

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.”).

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