Commanded
Both words in one sentence
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Queeg, the Terminator who commanded a submarine became pretty damn scary once he refused the humans' attempts to override his orders.
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When his employers commanded him to murder another cop, Frank refused, even threatening to turn evidence against them if anything happened to the other guy.
Source: Comic Book / The Ultraverse -
What makes this really odd is that there had been a previous story where Dwayne and Donyell's father Daryl had been commanded to marry and mate with one of the Daughters of the Dragon's Breath Cult by Tai, but he refused on the grounds that he was already happily married to Dwayne's mother.
Source: Long-Lost Relative
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