Controlling
Controlling adjective - Able to control or determine policy.
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Possessing and controlling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Possessing" instead an adjective "Controlling".
Possessing
Controlling and possessing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Controlling" instead an adjective "Possessing".
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Is now possessing/controlling the lobotomized sidekick, egging on the Plutonian on his rampage.
Source: Comic Book / Irredeemable -
They Look Like Us Now: Previously inhuman creatures discover a way to appear human, without possessing or controlling actual humans in the process.
Source: Shapeshifting -
Power Parasite: It is ultimately revealed in episode 9 that this is Yu's real power, and that possessing/controlling someone for 5 seconds is just the most noticeable, albeit very handy side-effect.
Source: Anime / Charlotte
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