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Iron-handed

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Strict and dictatorial, exercising firm ruthless control. derogatory

    "Here I am not primarily concerned with the long-term effects of such separation, about which the advocates of iron-handed rule in Poland have always written with great glee."

Etymology

From the idea of having an iron hand.

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