swarmed
Overran in numbers
Swarmed is the past tense of swarm.
Bees swarm when they leave a hive in a mass to establish a new colony.
By extension, people or things swarm when they move in large, dense numbers: Tourists swarmed the plaza.
To be swarmed is to be overwhelmed by a crowd: The celebrity was swarmed by fans.
Spread throughout uncontrollably
- stormedRushed in forcefully
- raidedAttacked by surprise
- attackedActed aggressively against
- besiegedSurrounded by attackers
ambushed · assaulted · rushed · mobbed · pounced · charged · surged · encircled
Filled to capacity
- throngedFilled with crowds
- mobbedCrowded around aggressively
- congestedBlocked by overcrowding
- jammedUnable to move freely
bustling · crammed · overflowing · heaving · teeming · dense · cluttered · shoulder-to-shoulder
Winged pollinators
- locustsSwarming crop-destroying grasshoppers
- antsSocial colony insects
- mosquitoesBlood-drinking flying insects
- waspsFlying insects with stingers
hornets · flies · gnats · termites · beetles · aphids · cicadas · midges
Overwhelmed by quantity
- floodedCovered with water
- delugedOverwhelmed by abundance
- engulfedCompletely swallowed up
- besiegedSurrounded by attackers
bombarded · overrun · swamped · buried · awash · saturated · beset · hounded
Moving on hands, knees
- aboundingPresent in abundance
- infestedOverrun by pests
- proliferatingIncreasing rapidly in quantity
- bristlingStanding stiffly outward
alive with · seething · writhing · abundant · rife · rampant · overflowing · pullulating
overrun
Spread throughout uncontrollably
besieged · ambushed · assaulted · rushed · mobbed · pounced · charged · surged · encircled · surrounded
packed
Filled to capacity
jammed · bustling · crammed · overflowing · heaving · teeming · dense · cluttered · shoulder-to-shoulder · sardined
bees
Winged pollinators
- locustsSwarming crop-destroying grasshoppers
- antsSocial colony insects
- mosquitoesBlood-drinking flying insects
wasps · hornets · flies · gnats · termites · beetles · aphids · cicadas · midges · hive
inundated
Overwhelmed by quantity
besieged · bombarded · overrun · swamped · buried · awash · saturated · beset · hounded · barraged
crawling
Moving on hands, knees
- aboundingPresent in abundance
- infestedOverrun by pests
- proliferatingIncreasing rapidly in quantity
alive with · bristling · seething · writhing · abundant · rife · rampant · overflowing · pullulating
- 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