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iron fist

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iron fist
n.
Rigorous or despotic control: ruled the nation with an iron fist.
iron·fisted (rn-fstd) adj.
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Noun1.iron fist - rigorous or ruthless control; "she rules the office with an iron fist"; "it takes an iron fist to contain the dissenting factions"
control - power to direct or determine; "under control"


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The blind man clung close to me, holding me in one iron fist and leaning almost more of his weight on me than I could carry.
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His huge shoulder heaved and he sent an iron fist smash into Magnus's bland Mongolian visage, laying him on the lawn as flat as a starfish.
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The figure slowly raised his iron fist and shook it with a terrible menace.
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