Bunch and Encounter

Bunch

Bunch noun - A group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially.

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Encounter and bunch are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Encounter" instead a noun "Bunch".

Nearby Words: bunched, bunching, bunchy

Encounter noun - A brief clash between enemies or rivals.

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Bunch and encounter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bunch" instead a noun "Encounter".

Nearby Words: encountered, encountering

typical	typical bunch	typical encounter
original	original bunch	original encounter
single	single bunch	single encounter
unpleasant	unpleasant bunch	unpleasant encounter
Other adjectives: nasty, entire, real, dangerous, bad, interesting, new, next, strange, last.

enemy	bunch enemy	encounter enemy
friends	bunch friends	encounter friends

During their first encounter with the xenomorphs the Marines panic like a bunch of schoolgirls.

Source: Mildly Military
Cutting the Knot: In Hugo 2, you encounter the old man again and it looks like he's going to be asking you a bunch of stupid questions again.

Source: Video Game / Hugo's House Of Horrors
Used early on, when Fighter boasts to a bunch of random encounter monsters about how Black Mage nuked a forest (and the giant within it).

Source: Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?

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