Usually means: Ruling with strict, uncompromising control.
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  1. iron-fisted: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. iron-fisted: Wordnik
  3. iron-fisted: Wiktionary
  4. iron-fisted: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. Iron-fisted: Dictionary.com
  6. Iron-fisted: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. iron-fisted: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Iron-fisted: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. iron-fisted: FreeDictionary.org

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▸ adjective:  (derogatory) Characterized by ruthless control.

Similar:
iron-handed, ironhanded, strong-handed, iron, roughshod, iron-willed, hard-fisted, ironclad, fascist, tyrannical, more...

Phrases:
The Iron-Fisted Monk, more...

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iron-handed, ironhanded, strong-handed, iron, roughshod, iron-willed, hard-fisted, ironclad, fascist, tyrannical, more...

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The Iron-Fisted Monk, more...



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