Broken
Broken adjective - Forcibly separated into many pieces.
Massed
Both words in one sentence
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Horse archers in the first Age of Empires were considered to be very broken units and can even tear down towers when massed.
Source: Video Game / Age of Empires II -
Return of the King mounts its Arrow Cam bahind a tumbling chunk of broken city masonry as it sails from its catapult and over the walls to fall among the massed orcs outside.
Source: Film / The Lord of the Rings -
Witness a bunch of ships sail headstrong across enemy space, heroically uncaring of the patrol forces picking them apart along the way, until the broken remains of a once-decent attack force smash themselves fruitlessly against the massed defenses protecting the home sector.
Source: Suicidal Overconfidence
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