Controlled
Controlled adjective - Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds.
Tempered and controlled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tempered" instead an adjective "Controlled".
Tempered
Tempered adjective - Made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment.
Controlled and tempered are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controlled" instead an adjective "Tempered".
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- Raphael and Leonardo of TMNT are Red and Blue oni respectively: Leonardo is the calm, thoughtful, and self-controlled leader of the team, when Raphael is the easily-angered, hot-tempered rebel.
Source: Red Oni Blue Oni / Comic Books -
You have pissed off someone who is as powerful as Superman and is more hot-tempered and less self-controlled.
Source: Comicbook / Supergirl -
Inverted with pre-loyalty mission Grunt; he's a dangerous, vile-tempered, barely-controlled siege weapon outside combat, but while fighting, he's relatively stable and can be safely pointed at the enemy without needing to worry about stopping him from turning around.
Source: The Berserker
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