death march
Brutal compulsory walk
A death march is a forced march of prisoners under conditions designed or likely to kill many of them—the term evokes Nazi deportations of concentration camp inmates.
In workplace slang, a death march is a project with unrealistic deadlines and grueling hours that seems destined to fail: The whole team knew the product launch was a death march.
- HolocaustNazi genocide of Jews
- Armenian GenocideOttoman massacre of Armenians
- crunch timeHigh-pressure final stretch
- final pushConcluding effort toward goal
- long hoursExcessive time working
project deadline · exhaustion · Trail of Tears · starvation · genocide · pain · burnout · cortege · tech industry · work culture · Bataan · deadline · software development · war crimes · demise · massacring · prisoners · software
- marchingcadence, lockstep, goose step, double time, half step
- HolocaustHolocaust, Auschwitz, concentration camps, Holocaust survivors, gas chambers
- displacementdislocation, dislodging, relocation, displacing, uprooting
- funeral musicdirge, requiem, funeral hymns, mourning song, mourning songs
- Indian RemovalIndian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, forced relocation, Indian Territory, Andrew Jackson
- Japanese Empireimperial expansion, Manchuria, Korea, Taiwan, China
death marchpilgrimage
Religious journey to shrine
pleasure cruise · leisurely stroll · freedom march · walkabout · sightseeing tour
death marchvictory parade
Ceremonial march for winners
rescue mission · liberation · homecoming · triumph · ticker-tape parade
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