loss of control
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflossandcontrol
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loss
noun
uk/lɒs/us/lɑːs/
the fact that you no longer have something or have less ...
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control
noun
uk/kənˈtrəʊl/us/kənˈtroʊl/
the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to ...
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(Definition oflossandcontrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofloss of control
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He found thislossofcontrolhumiliating.
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Such works demonstrate thelossofcontrolassociated with seduction.
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One study showing the debilitating results oflossofcontroloccurred almost inadvertently, as the aftereffect of an earlier research project.
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It would simply exacerbate herlossofcontrolover her own private life, her loss of freedom to develop in her own way.
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He covers his eyes, and the tonus of his body muscles is low, resulting inlossofcontrolover the vertical posture.
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People were ready to combine efforts to obstruct any further act of (re)presentation in order to prevent theirlossofcontrolover it.
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Almost all described some sort oflossofcontrolin their lives since the cancer diagnosis.
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The knowledge of their disease deepened their existential shock but as their symptoms increased, they began struggling with increasinglossofcontrol.
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In all cases, there seems to have been alossofcontrolover their particular circumstances.
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In addition, collective decision-making involves a significantlossofcontrolfor individual state executives.
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Thelossofcontroldung averaged 64%, indicating that termites can be responsible for most of the long-term dispersal.
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The problem is that both subscales of the scale contain at least one item that asks aboutlossofcontrolof eating.
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Thus, gender and class, and possibly ethnicity, may all interact to prevent or exacerbate feelings of dependence andlossofcontrol.
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The fall (or transientlossofcontrolor function) resulting from syncope may lead to serious and life-threatening injury and death.
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Where there was early 'lossofcontrol' over symptoms, a response occurred earlier.
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These images represented both attempts by the ruler to maintain power and thelossofcontrolover the production of monuments.
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Depression in these patients may result from alossofcontroldictated by the medical diagnosis, and adapting to disability and distress.
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It generated pure and strong emotions, and presented an image oflossofcontrol, of a disruption that refused to yield to the laboratory.
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