Control and Scare

Control

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

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

Scare verb - To strike with fear.

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Control and scare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Control" instead a verb "Scare".

Nearby Words: scar, scared, scary, scaring

good	good control	good scare
fine	fine control	fine scare
alien	alien control	alien scare
original	original control	original scare
Other adjectives: proper, effective, powerful, actual, real, great, little, ultimate, new, temporary, less, said.

person	control person	scare person
people	control people	scare people
group	control group	scare group
characters	control characters	scare characters
Other words: anyone, everyone, humans, zombies, animals, demons, dragons.

Scare 'Em Straight: This is applied in full force in the out of control teen girls and abusive boyfriend/husband episodes.

Source: Series / Maury
Nice girl in general, loves her family, has a small crush on Harry that develops into true love, cares so much for her friends that she tries to scare them straight using mind control magic.

Source: Beware The Nice Ones / Literature
And then Mission Control loses contact with the shuttle due to reentry, so it's a scare on two fronts.

Source: Reentry Scare

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