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Definition of iron-fisted in English: iron-fisted(also iron-handed) adjective Exercising power in an oppressive or controlling way. an iron-fisted leader intolerant of opposing political views See also "an iron fist in a velvet glove" decades of iron-fisted rule Example sentencesExamples - We need some of their traditional ruthless, relentless, iron-fisted spirit.
- Military coup after military coup toppled government after government before the current iron-fisted regime figured out how to hold it together.
- Babcock demands his players give a full effort each night, but the players don't chafe at his iron-handed style.
- As his career progressed his films became more and more laden with lightning-fast editing, multiple story lines, razor-witted dialogue and iron-handed symbolism.
- The play also centres on an iron-fisted leader intolerant of opposing political views.
- Nations under the iron-handed control of dictators have been getting ever closer to being able to produce their own nukes.
- Binoche - who's made a brilliant career out of playing tragic, porcelain women in the past - is refreshingly iron-fisted this time around.
- The government is relaxing its iron-fisted control of the economy.
- Ever mindful of the need to preserve its iron-fisted rule, the leadership knows it must be sensitive to public opinion.
- As he tries to maintain an iron-fisted grip on his country, he's faced with a youthful, Western-looking movement that is gaining international attention and support.
Definition of iron-fisted in US English: iron-fisted(also iron-handed) adjective Exercising power in an oppressive or controlling way. an iron-fisted leader intolerant of opposing political views See also "an iron fist in a velvet glove" decades of iron-fisted rule Example sentencesExamples - The government is relaxing its iron-fisted control of the economy.
- The play also centres on an iron-fisted leader intolerant of opposing political views.
- Ever mindful of the need to preserve its iron-fisted rule, the leadership knows it must be sensitive to public opinion.
- As his career progressed his films became more and more laden with lightning-fast editing, multiple story lines, razor-witted dialogue and iron-handed symbolism.
- We need some of their traditional ruthless, relentless, iron-fisted spirit.
- Babcock demands his players give a full effort each night, but the players don't chafe at his iron-handed style.
- Military coup after military coup toppled government after government before the current iron-fisted regime figured out how to hold it together.
- Binoche - who's made a brilliant career out of playing tragic, porcelain women in the past - is refreshingly iron-fisted this time around.
- Nations under the iron-handed control of dictators have been getting ever closer to being able to produce their own nukes.
- As he tries to maintain an iron-fisted grip on his country, he's faced with a youthful, Western-looking movement that is gaining international attention and support.
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