Meaning : Fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of.
Example :
Regulate the temperature.
Modulate the pitch.
Synonyms : modulate
Meaning : Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage. Impose regulations.
Example :
We cannot regulate the way people dress.
This town likes to regulate.
Synonyms : govern, order, regularise, regularize
Lift the regulations on.
deregulateMeaning : Restrain the emission of (sound, fluid, etc.).
Synonyms : baffle