iron fist

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Etymology

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Noun

iron fist (plural iron fists)

1. (figuratively, idiomatic) Ruthless and usually unrestricted control.

   Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist.

2. An army's tank or cavalry branch.

Synonyms

• (ruthless control): iron hand, iron heel, despotism, totalitarianism, autocracy, monocracy, fascism, dictatorship
• (tank or cavalry branch): armoured fist, armored fist, mailed fist

Derived terms

• rule with an iron fist

Related terms

• ironfisted / iron-fisted

Translations

ruthless control

Arabic: قُبْضَة حَدِيدِيَّة f (qubḍa ḥadīdiyya) Cebuano: kamot nga puthaw Chinese: Mandarin: 鐵腕 / 铁腕 (zh) (tiěwàn), 鐵拳 / 铁拳 (zh) (tiěquán) Czech: železná ruka f Danish: jernnæve c, jernhånd c Dutch: ijzeren vuist Esperanto: fera mano Finnish: teräksinen ote (figurative), rautakoura (fi) French: main de fer (fr) f German: eiserne Hand f, eiserne Faust f Greek: σιδηρά πυγμή f (sidirá pygmí) Hungarian: vasököl (hu) Italian: pugno di ferro (it) m Japanese: 圧政 (ja) (あっせい, assei), 圧制 (ja) (あっせい, assei) Kazakh: темір жұдырық (temır jūdyryq) Korean: 폭정 (ko) (pokjeong), 압제 (ko) (apje) Lithuanian: geležinis kumštis m Malay: kuku besi Mongolian: төмөр нударга (tömör nudarga) Norwegian: Bokmål: jernhånd m or f Nynorsk: jernhand f Portuguese: punho de ferro m Romanian: mână de fier f Russian: желе́зный кула́к m (želéznyj kulák), желе́зная рука́ (ru) f (želéznaja ruká) (iron hand) Slovak: železná päsť Spanish: mano dura f, puño de hierro, ordeno y mando Swedish: järnhand (sv) c Tagalog: kamay na bakal Vietnamese: bàn tay thép

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