Control and Protect

Control

Control verb - To look after and make decisions about.

Usage example: during the period that she controlled the company it was highly profitable

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

Protect verb - To drive danger or attack away from.

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Control and protect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Control" instead a verb "Protect".

life	control life	protect life
people	control people	protect people
body	control body	protect body
group	control group	protect group
Other words: team, time, way, earth, world, ship, planet, anyone, everyone, humans, lives.

North By Northwest, Reservoir Dogs, The Departed, Double Take Platonic CaveA person or community is haunted by a fake reality that was set up to control or protect him/them.

Source: Movie Twist List
In Retrace LXXVIII, Gil severs his left arm in order to free himself from Glen's control and protect Oz, who is about to be executed.

Source: Manga / Pandora Hearts
Because it was programmed to protect humans it then staged war on most of mankind to attain absolute control and protect the remaining humans it cultivated, who were turned into Cyborg hybrids to permanently eliminate disease and make them immortal.

Source: Zeroth Law Rebellion

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