Controlled
Controlled adjective - Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds.
Guided and controlled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Guided" instead the word "Controlled" as an adjective or a verb.
Guided
Guided adjective - Subject to guidance or control especially after launching.
Controlled and guided are semantically related. You can use "Controlled" instead the word "Guided" as an adjective or a verb.
Both words in one sentence
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The Binding of Isaac has the item Epic Fetus, which replaces the player's attack with guided missiles that target a manually controlled crosshair.
Source: Player-Guided Missile - In Thunder Wolves, any player-controlled helicopter with the guided missile Special Attack is capable of blowing itself up.
- Gellert believed that Muggles, left to their own devices, were too dangerous and needed to be guided or outright controlled by the wiser magical people.
Source: Utopia Justifies the Means
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