Group and Offshoot

Group

Group noun - A number of things considered as a unit.

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Offshoot and group are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Offshoot" instead a noun "Group".

Nearby Words: grouping, grouped, groupment

Offshoot noun - A branch of a main stem especially of a plant.

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Group and offshoot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Group" instead a noun "Offshoot".

similar	similar group	similar offshoot
separate	separate group	separate offshoot
original	original group	original offshoot
small	small group	small offshoot
Other adjectives: actual, large, evil, criminal, famous, new, former, underground, unknown, radical, different.

Western Terrorists: Doomsday (a cyber-terrorist group) and Cassandra, the latter in turn being an offshoot of the pre-series Western Terrorists Apollo.

Source: Literature / In Death
The Church of Humanity, an offshoot of the notorious anti-mutant hate group Friends of Humanity, also qualifies.

Source: Corrupt Church
No Communities Were Harmed: The terrorist group the FBI initially believes to be responsible for the attack is Al-Sakar, a fictional offshoot of Al-Qaeda based in North Africa.

Source: Series / Designated Survivor

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