Meaning of death march | Babel Free
Definitions
- A forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey.
- A project that requires a stretch of unsustainable overwork, or whose participants feel it is destined to fail.
- Synonym of dead march (“mournful music for a funeral etc.”).
Equivalents
Deutsch
Todesmarsch
Français
marche de la mort
한국어
죽음의 행진
Nederlands
dodenmars
Русский
ма́рш сме́рти
Svenska
dödsmarsch
Examples
“the Bataan Death March”
“Jacob Scheele was led to the gallows as a band played a death march.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.