Control and Start

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

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Start is an antonym for control in curb topic.

Start verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).

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Control is an antonym for start.

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

good	good control	good start
full	full control	full start
better	better control	better start
complete	complete control	complete start
Other adjectives: original, free, true, proper, poor, strong, actual, real, great, main, remote, new.

character	control character	start character
fire	control fire	start fire
life	control life	start life
people	control people	start people
Other words: group, time, way, world, car, lives.

Instead, they realize that the Pillar Men are far beyond their control and start experimenting on them to figure out a way to kill them...only for it to blow up in their faces anyway.

Source: For Science!
You then take control and start moving into a *very* weird world, of which you know nothing at all.

Source: You Wake Up in a Room
The Senju cells in his shoulder go out of control and start to grow rapidly into a gigantic tree-tumor on his body.

Source: Body Horror / Anime and Manga

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