forced march

American  

noun

Military.

1. any march that is longer than troops are accustomed to and maintained at a faster pace than usual, generally undertaken for a particular objective under emergency conditions.

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forced march British  

noun

1. military a march in which normal needs are subordinated to the need for speed

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Etymology

Origin of forced march

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

One word encapsulates this forced march of slaves westward, along with a disproportionate part of the Black role in America’s economic emergence: cotton.

From The Wall Street Journal

Saving and paying for college is an endurance test, a forced march on an often 50-year parade, where strange numerical codes and senseless jumbles of letters mark a route that Waze can’t map.

From New York Times

He had just arrived by bus from Pirot on the Serbia-Bulgaria border, he said, after a gruelling 25-day forced march across Bulgaria.

From BBC

“The final outcome being the seating of the actual delegate in the House would give some small measure of justice for those, including my own ancestors, who lost their lives during that forced march,” she added.

From New York Times

The forced march ordered by Congress removed 80,000 Native Americans from the eastern United States.

From Washington Times