Collective
Collective adjective - Used or done by a number of people as a group.
Returned and collective are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Returned" instead an adjective "Collective".
Returned
Collective and returned are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collective" instead an adjective "Returned".
Both words in one sentence
- An opportunity to destroy the collective from within is passed up in favor of Hugh's emerging individuality; he is returned to the collective and re-assimilated.
- Emotionally lobotomized a former member of their own collective, Ganthet, who had previously been expelled from the Guardian Council, went on to found the Blue Lantern Corps and ultimately returned as a serving Green Lantern.
Source: Abusive Precursors -
And after he's returned to The Collective, his acquired humanity spreads to every drone on his ship, which is quickly severed from the rest of the hive-mind lest it cause a Galactic BSOD.
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