Rule
Rule verb - To exercise authority or power over.
Take control of and rule are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take control of" instead a verb "Rule".
Take control of
Rule and take control of are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rule" instead a verb "Take control of".
Both terms in one sentence
- To sum up his scheme for world domination: He lets his robots go berserk and run amok so he can go to the Crimson Tower, take control of them again, and rule the world.
Source: Video Game / Sonic Riders -
In Read or Die, the British Library apparently wants to take control of the world's information networks, so they can get the world to doublethink itself into believing that they already rule the world.
Source: Take Over the World - After his father refused to let him rule Requiem, he decided to murder his father, take control of all the griffins, and then he commenced a genocide on the Vir Requis, which led to the deaths of millions.
Source: Literature / Dragons of Requiem
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