Question

A number of people collected for some destructive purpose in collective noun

Answer 1

A collective noun is the one that is used to point out a group of things or people as a whole.

For instance, herd, crowd, words of the group, bouquet are the common words that fall under the category of Collective noun.

Here a number of people collected for some destructive purpose will be a mob of people.

Answer 2

Hi,

Here is your answer,

A collective noun is the one that is used to point (or) group of things or people as a whole.

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