death march

American  

[deth mahrch] / ˈdɛθ ˌmɑrtʃ /

noun

• death marches
  plural

1. a forced journey on foot, usually over a long distance, under conditions that kill many of the people traveling, who are left to die when they can no longer walk.

2. a forced journey on foot to the place where one is going to be killed.

3. dead march.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• death marches
  plural

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Example Sentences

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death march

“It is basically a death march that will throw California over the edge,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Taken prisoner, he survived concentration camps and a death march before the end of World War II.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025

In 2019, Stamets starred in the popular Netflix documentary “Fantastic Fungi,” in which he suggests mushrooms could help save humanity from its seemingly inexorable death march.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2025

But watching them is hardly a death march — they're often sarcastic and focused on the weirder details of her former life, such as being told that girls and women never need haircuts:

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024

There was a slow drumbeat playing like a death march from the altar.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat

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