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controlled

[ kuhn-trohld ]

adjective

  1. held in check; curbed:

    poorly controlled anger.

  2. carefully regulated, tested, or verified:

    a controlled experiment.

  3. (of a drug) restricted by law as to possession and use:

    Morphine is a controlled drug.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of controlled1

First recorded in 1580–90; control ( def ) + -ed 2( def )
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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.

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On the country's highly controlled social media, there are plenty of posts echoing the leadership's promise that China will keep fighting.

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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.

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For his entire six years in office, the Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress.

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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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