death march
Noun
Meaning
A forced movement of people, on foot, in such circumstances that many die during the journey.
the Bataan Death March
(project management) 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.”)
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSynonyms
Examples
The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it.
An ethic gone wrong is an essential preliminary to the sweat shop or the concentration camp and the death march.
I was so exhausted after fighting for the project for five years, shooting it was like the Bataan Death March.
Any business today that embraces the status quo as an operating principle is going to be on a death march.
They're crazy.” "No, Meade. One such is crazy; a lot of them is a lemming death march.
On higher difficulties, especially in Death March, the Crones can even end up making the players turn down the sliders.