death march
Americannoun
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death marches
plural
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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.
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a forced journey on foot to the place where one is going to be killed.
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Shipper survived two concentration camps, including Auschwitz-Birkenau in occupied Poland, a death march, and the Lodz ghetto - a Jewish ghetto established by the Nazis which was plagued by disease, starvation and forced labour.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
Taken prisoner, he survived concentration camps and a death march before the end of World War II.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 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
He was referring to the 1838-39 westward death march which claimed the lives of 4,000 Cherokee.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
There was a slow drumbeat playing like a death march from the altar.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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