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iron fist

American  

[ahy-ern fist] / ˈaɪ ərn ˈfɪst /

noun

iron fists plural

1. authority or power wielded in a cruel, dictatorial, or repressive way.

   The lecture described the torments that befell many artists under the iron fist of Stalin.

   This tyrant ruled the country with an iron fist until he was finally deposed and executed.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• iron-fisted
  adjective
• ironfisted
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• iron fists
  plural

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iron fist

Both Keiko Fujimori and another of the front runners in the opinion polls, Rafael López Aliaga, have promised to use an "iron fist" to tackle the crime wave the country is experiencing.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

“Iran brought down the iron fist with speed and ferocity we haven’t seen before,” said Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 17, 2026

And when the authoritarian leader starts to display physical impairment, the people who have been chafing under his iron fist stop fearing him.

From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2025

The wife of Ali Bongo, whose family ruled the central African country with an iron fist for 55 years, had been accused of manipulating her husband to embezzle taxpayers' money.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

It was as though an iron fist had clenched suddenly around Harry’s heart.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling