Controlled
Controlled adjective - Restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds.
Thorough and controlled are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thorough" instead an adjective "Controlled".
Thorough
Thorough adjective - Having no exceptions or restrictions.
Controlled and thorough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controlled" instead an adjective "Thorough".
Nearby Words: thoroughly, thoroughness
Both words in one sentence
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Subverted in that talking didn't really help much in any of the cases and the mind controlled parties were only stopped the old-fashioned way - by a thorough befriending.
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The authors are very thorough about exploring the implications of this technology, and the rules of space combat in the setting are mostly controlled by the way Langston Fields absorb, store, radiate, and get overloaded by energy applied to them.
Source: Energy Absorption
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