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Definition of "iron fist" [iron fist]

  • Rigorous or despotic control: ruled the nation with an iron fist. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "iron fist" in a sentence
  • "Mok's iron fist snapped out and twisted the youth's arm and he squealed."
  • "Perhaps it was the combination of its location deep within England, its moat and hilltop site, its high walls and inner and outer baileys, but this place seemed like the iron fist of a fully armoured knight."
  • "Beside him, his iron fist fell to the mud, once again just a motionless as C v"
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