Controlled
Controlled adjective - Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds.
Enforced and controlled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Enforced" instead a verb "Controlled".
Enforced
Enforced adjective - Forced or compelled or put in force.
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Synonyms for Enforced
Controlled and enforced are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controlled" instead a verb "Enforced".
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- Population is controlled by killing anyone older than 30, a rule enforced by the Sandmen.
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The trope is later Enforced and then Subverted by the reveal that Molly and the other future Brotherhood members are the mind-controlled pawns of Future!
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Standard Starship Scuffle: Enforced/justified, since everything's at "brown water" distances-in orbit above a planet/star, which makes Space Fighters and sublight munitions controlled by non-FTL sensors viable strategies rather than pipe dreams.
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