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Synonyms for swarm
Synonyms: Noun
- army,
- bike
- [chiefly Scottish],
- cram,
- crowd,
- crush,
- drove,
- flock,
- herd,
- horde,
- host,
- legion,
- mass,
- mob,
- multitude,
- press,
- rout,
- scrum,
- throng
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“Swarm.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swarm. Accessed 15 December 2019.
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The first known use of swarm was before the 12th century
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