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rule with a rod of ironControl or govern very strictly or harshly: she ruled their lives with a rod of iron...- I learned through gossip that she ruled her family with a rod of iron and she controlled the purse strings to her fortune.
- The prosecution claims that he was a father of very strong tradition who ruled his home with a rod of iron.
- For now, the man who has ruled the country with a rod of iron for more than three decades can sleep relatively soundly.
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