swarm
/swɔɹm/ noun B1- A large number of insects or other bugs (e.g. centipedes), especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
- A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil. · a swarm of meteorites
- A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
- A number of small earthquakes (or other seismic events) occurring, with no clear cause, in a specific area within a relatively short space of time.
Plural swarms
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Forthwith there was heard a great buzzing in the air, and a swarm of black bees came flying toward her.
A swarm of hungry blood-sucking flies settled upon him.
The roadway was blocked with the immense stream of commerce flowing in a double tide inward and outward, while the footpaths were black with the hurrying swarm of pedestrians.
These infernal people seem to think that there are no rights of property, and that they can swarm where they like with their papers and their bottles.
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