Controlling
Controlling adjective - Able to control or determine policy.
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Placed and controlling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Placed" instead an adjective "Controlling".
Placed
Placed adjective - Situated in a particular spot or position.
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Synonyms for Placed
Controlling and placed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controlling" instead an adjective "Placed".
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What made it so infuriating that you had to set them just right or you wouldn't be able to cross normally, and the switches controlling the pillars are placed very far from each other.
Source: Video Game / Marathon -
All it takes is a couple of well placed shots, a single Chryssalid or Muton Berserker, or an Ethereal mind controlling one of your finest soldiers into shooting their buddies and even your most trusted and powerful soldiers can die.
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This is a justified example of this trope because they're giant biological humanoids cloned from aliens placed in armor so constricting that they can't control their own movements, and the pilots are controlling them with their minds, not with physical controls.
Source: Impossibly Graceful Giant
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