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under control

adjective as in controlled

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From Ferguson to Staten Island to Langley, we need to get our security forces under control.

We can only assume that he was, as you would expect him to be, mortified by his own inability to keep his charges under control.

“The situation is no longer under control,” says Ehab, a resident of al-Amari refugee camp outside Ramallah.

The cops told Patterson that they had been monitoring the situation and had everything under control.

Until the epidemic is brought under control, the CDC predicts the numbers will continue to climb at that rate.

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

Bluejackets boarded her; got her fire under control; got her under steam and moved out.

The rain did not put out the fire, but so checked it that, by hard work, it could be kept under control until it died out.

Of course she was pale and her lips were not quite under control, but she made a valiant show.

In this world, whether in boyhood or riper years, the happiest state of existence is when under control.

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On this page you'll find 112 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to under control, such as: composed, contained, disciplined, guarded, restrained, and calm.

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

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