Control
Control verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).
Usage example: you must learn to control your temper
Vent
Vent verb - To find emotional release for.
Usage example: vented her anger and then quickly calmed down
How words are described
| full | full control | full vent |
| powerful | powerful control | powerful vent |
| little | little control | little vent |
| hidden | hidden control | hidden vent |
| Other adjectives: said. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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An agent attempts to listen into McCabe and Connor's conversation by situating himself in an air vent above the control room and lowering a small mic, but he is soon found out by McCabe.
Source: Air-Vent Passageway -
At one point on the rooftop level, you're supposed to have Bob crawl into a air vent and get into a control room; a part of the vent collapses under Bob's weight as he enters.
Source: Video Game / Messiah - However, you can instead possess a cop who is standing next to the vent entrance, shoot away the glass that surrounds the control room (it's visible below you), then jump down there.
Source: Video Game / Messiah
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