Synonyms for take control
take con·trol

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1. take hold, take charge, take controlverb

   assume control

   Synonyms:
   take charge, take hold, hold

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1. Ebi John:

   My people are suffering. We drink from the river where we also wash and defecate, if the government does not meet our demands we will take control of our resources. We will manage our own oil.

2. Stephane Jaquemet:

   Some communities may not be willing to sell or allow mining operations on their lands. There's pressure from these guys (criminal gangs) to take control of territory, and most of the time, communities don't want to get involved, and then they receive threats and are forced to move, the high pollution of their lands because of mercury and other chemicals used in mining is another element in displacement.

3. Sam Calisch:

   As more of these critical pieces of our infrastructure of our lives — our cars, our heating, our water — move to electricity, suddenly it becomes far easier to take control over their long-term security, it's pretty easy to buy a battery and store up that extra electricity so that if you do live in an area where you experience blackouts, you can create this sense of security for yourself.

4. Natali Tene:

   This happened to me and this is my life and I want to take control of what happened, come forward and say my piece.

5. Valentina Bajada:

   People in Ukraine [ are ] losing hope, they know that Putin will not let go. He will do anything to conquer this country, take its people, take control, and if he can not succeed through war, he has nuclear weapons, which he will not hesitate to use.