Control
Control verb - To exercise authority or power over.
Usage example: circumstances often control the choices we make in life
Dominate is a synonym for control in possession topic. In some cases you can use "Dominate" instead a verb "Control", when it comes to topics like command, over, have charge of, have power over. popular alternative
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- Most of the true feelings a sociopath harbors towards others, positive or negative, are rooted in an insatiable desire to dominate or control them.
Source: The Sociopath - They took the Space Elves and made them unable to kill, but did nothing to their instincts to dominate and control, so instead they seek economic domination of everyone.
Source: Abusive Precursors - Her megalomania and desire to control and dominate leads her to feel insecure by those who cannot be categorised and she is unable to accept the existence of people outside her sphere of control.
Source: Irrational Hatred
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