Swarm
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A swarm is a large group of insects moving together, especially bees leaving a hive with a new queen.
The word extends to any dense, agitated mass of creatures or people: a swarm of tourists, a swarm of reporters.
To swarm is to move in such a mass, or for a place to be crowded with activity: The beach was swarming with people.
In military and tech contexts, swarming describes coordinated group tactics—drones or small units acting in concert.
Winged pollinators
- locustsSwarming crop-destroying grasshoppers
- waspsFlying insects with stingers
- hiveBee dwelling structure
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
buzzing · hornets · flies · mosquitoes · ants · apiary · drone · queen
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
- throngDense pressing crowd
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
- massQuantity of matter
- multitudeVery large number
flock · rush · stampede · surge · flood · deluge · invasion · descend
Formal education received
- murmurationStarlings in coordinated flight
- flockingGathering in crowds
- starlingsSpeckled mimicking songbirds
- sardinesSmall canned herring relatives
herring · migration · collective · behavior · predator · evasion · pattern · synchrony
Defeat by excess
- assaultViolent offensive act
- descendMove to lower position
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- besiegeSurround to force surrender
overrun · engulf · ambush · onslaught · siege · raid · blitz · rush
Unmanned aerial vehicles
- robotsProgrammable mechanical agents
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- distributedDivided and given out
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
coordination · collective · intelligence · network · fleet · decentralized · sensors · UAV
bees
Winged pollinators
- locustsSwarming crop-destroying grasshoppers
- waspsFlying insects with stingers
- hiveBee dwelling structure
colony · buzzing · hornets · flies · mosquitoes · ants · apiary · drone · queen · worker
mob
Disorderly, aggressive crowd
multitude · flock · rush · stampede · surge · flood · deluge · invasion · descend · overwhelm
schooling
Formal education received
- murmurationStarlings in coordinated flight
- flockingGathering in crowds
- starlingsSpeckled mimicking songbirds
sardines · herring · migration · collective · behavior · predator · evasion · pattern · synchrony · emergence
overwhelm
Defeat by excess
besiege · overrun · engulf · ambush · onslaught · siege · raid · blitz · rush · charge
drones
Unmanned aerial vehicles
- robotsProgrammable mechanical agents
- algorithmFinite problem-solving procedure
- distributedDivided and given out
autonomous · coordination · collective · intelligence · network · fleet · decentralized · sensors · UAV · formation
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
- social mediaposts, post, influencer status, followers, tweet
- European SpaceESA, Ariane, Rosetta, Huygens, Giotto
- Decentralized WebBitTorrent, blockchain, Ethereum, P2P, peer-to-peer
- KillstreaksUAV, AC-130, Gunship, EMP, Harrier
- small satellitesCubeSat, nanosatellite, microsatellite, Sprite, Starlink
Swarmscatter
Distribute in random directions
dispersal · diaspora · dispersion · dissolution · disband
Swarmvoid
Without legal effect
emptiness · vacuum · sparseness · scarcity · barrenness
- swarm of bees
- bee swarmMigrating colony in flight
- locust swarmMass migration of crop-eating insects
- mosquito swarmMass of biting flies
- insect swarmMass of flying bugs
- drone swarmsMultiple autonomous aircraft acting collectively