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controlled
[ kuhn-trohld ]
adjective
- held in check; curbed:
poorly controlled anger.
- carefully regulated, tested, or verified:
a controlled experiment.
- (of a drug) restricted by law as to possession and use:
Morphine is a controlled drug.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of controlled1
Example Sentences
Federal investigators on Wednesday concluded a controlled fire in Pacific Palisades that officials hope will help them determine what caused the January blaze that killed a dozen people and destroyed thousands of homes.
On the country's highly controlled social media, there are plenty of posts echoing the leadership's promise that China will keep fighting.
In Mexico, an outbreak of H5N2, a different form of bird flu, was successfully controlled in the 1990s, and quite quickly, by vaccination along with culling and controls on poultry movement.
For his entire six years in office, the Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress.
Quango stands for quasi autonomous non-governmental organisations, which means they are taxpayer-funded but not directly controlled by central government, and include watchdogs as well as the prison service and the Bank of England.
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