Driving
Driving adjective - Having the power of driving or impelling.
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Manipulating and driving are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Manipulating" instead an adjective "Driving".
Manipulating
Driving and manipulating are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Driving" instead an adjective "Manipulating".
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He's been driving the conflict, manipulating the Drow, and breathing distrust and poison in everyone's ears, to set him free.
Source: Creator / C. J. Cherryh -
A fugitive who is on the run from authorities for apparently murdering his wife (and arguably did by manipulating her into waking up from the dream world and driving her insane).
Source: True Neutral -
However, Gwyndolin and Manus are the closest examples of plot-driving antagonists, the former manipulating you into following Gwyn's path, and the latter outright corrupting everything around him.
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