Absorbed
Absorbed adjective - Having the mind fixed on something.
Taken over and absorbed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Taken over" instead an adjective "Absorbed".
Taken over
Absorbed and taken over are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Absorbed" instead an adjective phrase "Taken over".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- engrossed and absorbed
- engrossed and taken over
- occupied and absorbed
- occupied and taken over
- consumed and absorbed
- consumed and taken over
- preoccupied and absorbed
- preoccupied and taken over
- bewitched and absorbed
- bewitched and taken over
- obsessed and absorbed
- obsessed and taken over
- captivated and absorbed
- captivated and taken over
Both terms in one sentence
- For most of the story it is 'Lohman', who was not the original telepath or owner of the body, but rather a rapist and murdered who was absorbed into him and subsequently taken over.
Source: Roleplay / Nemesis -
In Metroid Fusion his body is found frozen in a storage room, taken over and destroyed by shape-shifting parasites, which are then in turn blown up and absorbed by the heroine.
Source: Death Is Cheap -
The Incredible Hulk was once pulled into a bad future where, after a global nuclear war killed most of the world's superheroes, the Hulk himself, having renamed himself the Maestro, had taken over, having gone insane due to the massive amounts of radiation he absorbed during the war.
Source: Bad Future
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