Set and Troop

Set

Set noun - A group of people acting together within a larger group.

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Troop and set are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Troop" instead a noun "Set".

Nearby Words: setup, setting

Troop noun - An organized group of stage performers.

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Set and troop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Set" instead a noun "Troop".

Nearby Words: trooper, trooped, troopship, trooping

old	old set	old troop
good	good set	good troop
full	full set	full troop
normal	normal set	normal troop
Other adjectives: common, standard, original, single, simple, heavy, small, powerful, entire, main, new, unique, final, random, last, different.

If you still hold two cards and your enemy holds n+1, you'll very likely be forced to turn in another set, if not two, leading to a 100+ troop bonus.

Source: Tabletop Game / Risk
An Imagine Spot in the Rankin/Bass adaptation of The Return of the King set after the ring is destroyed has Sam imagine himself and Frodo encountering a troop of Orcs while smoking.

Source: Rousseau Was Right
Done to great effect to the troop of djinni set to capture his host Hopkins in the last book.

Source: Literature / The Bartimaeus Trilogy

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