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control

verb as in curb, hold back

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From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.

Spin control began, Florida-style: the opinion only covers some counties, some people, some times.

He seemed by all appearances perfectly happy to let the Republicans control the state senate.

The police cannot ultimately control public opinion unilaterally.

So not only will the GOP have control in the Senate, it will move the center of gravity on Capitol Hill hard to starboard.

Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.

In a few minutes, however, he had it again under control, and they soon reached the berg.

A certain amount of his ill-humour vented, Tressan made an effort to regain his self-control.

The nativesʼ anxiety to oust the Spaniards was far stronger than their wish to be under American, or indeed any foreign, control.

The marvelous improvements in mechanism and tone production and control in 1886 to 1913 by Robt.

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On this page you'll find 376 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to control, such as: authority, curb, discipline, domination, force, and government.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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