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Definition
a very large number — typically of people or animals/insects on the move
- One side had the cities and the riches and the other side had the hordes, and usually but not always — the most viciousness.p. 77.8
- There, it was rumoured, the kids ran in packs, in hordes.p. 73.2
- That was a cute one, because it was the Aztecs who represented civilization, while the Spaniards were the barbarian hordes.p. 78.0
There are no more uses of "horde" in Oryx and Crake.
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