Control and Prevent

Control

Control verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

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Prevent and control are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prevent" instead a verb "Control".

Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.

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Control and prevent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Control" instead a verb "Prevent".

character	control character	prevent character
fire	control fire	prevent fire
power	control power	prevent power
people	control people	prevent people
Other words: team, army, time, characters, world, ship, anyone, everyone, humans.

The most successful app is Kade's serenity package, which modulates his neurotransmitter levels to keep his pulse under control and prevent people from knowing when he's lying.

Source: Neural Implanting
It's later revealed that the Chozo engineered the Metroids as the perfect predator to keep the X parasite under control and prevent it from from completely screwing up the ecology of SR388.

Source: Death World
When Ingway turns himself into the Beast of Darkova, intending to stop the Cauldron and prevent Armageddon, Beldor is able to take control of him by magic and force him to attack Ringford instead.

Source: Video Game / Odin Sphere

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