Breed
Breed noun - A number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common.
Usage example: some people say that honest politicians are a rare breed
Strain is a synonym for breed in variety topic. In some cases you can use "Strain" instead a noun "Breed", when it comes to topics like kind. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| rare | rare breed | rare strain |
| special | special breed | special strain |
| particular | particular breed | particular strain |
| common | common breed | common strain |
| Other adjectives: certain, original, single, nasty, real, big, experimental, deadly, aggressive, alternate, different, variant, modern. | ||
Common collocations
| engines | breed engines | strain engines |
Both words in one sentence
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A biologically engineered strain of streptococcus that he and his fellow superhumans are immune to was originally engineered by the scientists at Chrysalis to cleanse the world of inferior humanity so their new breed could take up the mantle.
Source: Doomsday Device -
Even the scientists who created them were seen as guilty of this, willing to not only create a new breed of humanity but create a strain of strep-A that would kill everyone else in the world to make way for their superhumans.
Source: Ambition Is Evil - In Blade II, a new breed of vampire referred to as the "Reaper" strain appears, which is resistant to silver, anti-coagulants and garlic, have a bone layer that prevents staking in the heart directly (a stake has to go through the armpit to reach the heart), and is only vulnerable to UV light.
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