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Meaning of sleepmarch | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To sleep while marching, having fallen asleep while marching.
  2. To perform actions without being aware of them, especially with militaristic or at least goal-oriented overtones.

Examples

“As long as the young are willing to accept the prevailing simple-minded mythology about America, Corporate Empire will remain safe and sound asleep even as we go sleepmarching off to war in the Middle East to secure "our" oil.”
“Above the shivering tenements of terror— rough blankets over legions sleepmarching into the night of time, like clacking teeth in the mouth of the universe,”
“There’s lots of upheaval, confusion and lies: once again, we’re sleepmarching to war.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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