Usually means: Strict control with forceful authority.
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  1. iron hand: Merriam-Webster
  2. iron hand: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. iron hand: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. iron hand: Collins English Dictionary
  5. iron hand: Wiktionary
  6. iron hand: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. iron hand: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. iron hand: Dictionary.com
  9. Iron Hand (disambiguation), Iron Hand (song), Iron Hand, Iron hand (prosthesis): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. iron hand: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. iron hand: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (iron hand)

▸ noun:  (figuratively) Firmness, inflexibility, sternness.

Similar:
iron-heartedness, rigour, firmness, inflexibleness, ironheartedness, ironness, iron-handedness, frost, rigidness, rigidity, more...

Opposite:
leniency, mercy, compassion

Phrases:
an iron hand in a velvet glove, Operation Iron Hand, more...

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Similar:
iron-heartedness, rigour, firmness, inflexibleness, ironheartedness, ironness, iron-handedness, frost, rigidness, rigidity, more...

Opposite:
leniency, mercy, compassion

Phrases:
an iron hand in a velvet glove, Operation Iron Hand, more...



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