Swarmed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swarm \Swarm\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swarmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Swarming}.]
     1. To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; --
        said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in
        summer.
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     2. To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to
        congregate in a multitude. --Chaucer.
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     3. To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings
        in motion.
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              Every place swarms with soldiers.     --Spenser.
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     4. To abound; to be filled (with). --Atterbury.
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     5. To breed multitudes.
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              Not so thick swarmed once the soil
              Bedropped with blood of Gorgon.       --Milton.
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