horde

a horde of beery rugby fans.

a horde of mosquitoes.See Synonyms at crowd 1

The prisoners horded together in the compound.

A horde of children ran over the office building.

hordes of children from other schools

Hordes of journalists jostled for position outside the conference hall.

After the two Hell Wars fought by mankind against the hordes of demons and vampires, only a few scattered endives of humans survive.