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controlled

Definition

  • adjective: not overly angry or emotional
  • adjective: regulated by law with regard to possession and use
  • used to describe a drug that is illegal to have or use without permission from a doctor
  • synonyms: possessed, obsessed, possessed

Examples

  • I was hungry, but I 'controlled' my appetite [=I resisted the desire to eat] and waited for dinner.

  • Instead of arguing, they talked in a calm, 'controlled' manner.

  • The polar bears at the zoo live in a 'controlled' environment.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) called the war Judgment Day. They lived only to face a new nightmare, the war against the machines. The computer which controlled the machines, Skynet, sent two terminators back through time. Their mission: to destroy the leader of the human resistance: John Connor. My son. (..)
    1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day