Synonyms for iron fist
iron fist

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1. iron fistnoun

   Synonyms:
   armoured fist, mailed fist, armored fist

2. iron fistnoun

   Ruthless control.

   Josef Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist.

   Synonyms:
   armoured fist, mailed fist, armored fist

3. iron fistnoun

   Symbol of an army's tank or cavalry branch

   Synonyms:
   armoured fist, mailed fist, armored fist

Princeton's WordNet

1. iron fistnoun

   rigorous or ruthless control

   "she rules the office with an iron fist"; "it takes an iron fist to contain the dissenting factions"

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1. • Control

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1. Volodymyr Knyr:

   You don't need an iron fist if you aren't a pacifist.

2. Jacob G. Hornberger:

   The biggest threat to the American people today lies with the United States government. ... [T]he long-term solution is to dismantle, not reform, the iron fist of the welfare state and the controlled economy. This includes the end (not the reform) of the IRS, the DEA, the BATF, the SEC, the FDA, HUD, the departments of HHS, Labor, Agriculture, and energy, and every other agency that takes money from some and gives it to others or interferes with peaceful behavior.

3. Senator Paul:

   So the thing is, they run this place with an iron fist, you never get amendments, if you get amendments, you're going to lose. So they're just like wanting to throw you a token to get you out of the way.

4. Wu Qiang:

   The targets of Fu Zhenghua's crackdown are people at the core of China's civil society. Therefore, the country's whole intellectual sector and the wider public are all thrilled by( Fu Zhenghua fall from grace), fu Zhenghua rise to power represented the aggressive iron-fist approach that has shaped China's governance over the past decade.

5. Benjamin Petrini:

   The Taliban are going to have to establish themselves as legitimate, so they can't necessarily rule with an iron fist.