Controlled
Controlled adjective - Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds.
Subordinate and controlled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subordinate" instead an adjective "Controlled".
Subordinate
Subordinate adjective - Having not so great importance or rank as another.
Controlled and subordinate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controlled" instead an adjective "Subordinate".
Both words in one sentence
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Thanatos (the Greek god of death), Hades's subordinate, is sometimes used as a villain, but on these occasions he usually turns out to be mind-controlled by Kronos; he outright states that he is effectively a True Neutral being and is compelled to obey whomever wears the Helmet of Darkness.
Source: Everybody Hates Hades -
Notable examples include the Daimyo (a title in pre-modern Japan given to a subordinate of the shogun that controlled vast areas of land), Gyoji (a sumo referee) and The Ultimate Ninja/ The Daimyo's Son Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Ch'rell and Karai.
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