Devoid
Devoid adjective - Utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected.
Usage example: the so-called comedy is totally devoid of intelligence, originality, and even laughs
Swarming
Swarming adjective - Possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified.
Usage example: the museum was swarming with schoolchildren on a field trip
Both words in one sentence
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While it isn't absolutely clear what their long-term goals are (or, for that matter, even if they have long-term goals), their rapacious swarming over everything within areas not heavily shielded and devoid of a handy One-Man Army puts them squarely within this trope.
Source: Horde of Alien Locusts
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