Iron-handedness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of heavy-handedness: the property or state of being iron-handed. uncountable

    "In actions opening the Normandy invasion, American paratroopers suffered their first encounterwith SS iron-handedness, and later at Bayeux the 12th SS Panzer Division shot down forty British and Canadian prisoners of war."

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heavy-handedness

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"In actions opening the Normandy invasion, American paratroopers suffered their first encounterwith SS iron-handedness, and later at Bayeux the 12th SS Panzer Division shot down forty British and Canadian prisoners of war."

Etymology

From iron-handed + -ness.

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