"iron fist" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: iron fists [plural]
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  1. (figuratively, idiomatic) Ruthless and usually unrestricted control. Tags: figuratively, idiomatic Categories (topical): Symbols Related terms: ironfisted, iron-fisted Translations (ruthless control): قُبْضَة حَدِيدِيَّة (qubḍa ḥadīdiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), kamot nga puthaw (Cebuano), 鐵腕 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁腕 (tiěwàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 鐵拳 (Chinese Mandarin), 铁拳 (tiěquán) (Chinese Mandarin), železná ruka [feminine] (Czech), jernnæve [common-gender] (Danish), jernhånd [common-gender] (Danish), ijzeren vuist (Dutch), fera mano (Esperanto), teräksinen ote [figuratively] (Finnish), rautakoura (Finnish), main de fer [feminine] (French), eiserne Hand [feminine] (German), eiserne Faust [feminine] (German), σιδηρά πυγμή (sidirá pygmí) [feminine] (Greek), vasököl (Hungarian), pugno di ferro [masculine] (Italian), 圧政 (assei) (alt: あっせい) (Japanese), 圧制 (assei) (alt: あっせい) (Japanese), темір жұдырық (temır jūdyryq) (Kazakh), 폭정 (pokjeong) (Korean), 압제 (apje) (Korean), geležinis kumštis [masculine] (Lithuanian), kuku besi (Malay), төмөр нударга (tömör nudarga) (Mongolian), jernhånd [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), jernhand [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), punho de ferro [masculine] (Portuguese), mână de fier [feminine] (Romanian), желе́зный кула́к (želéznyj kulák) [masculine] (Russian), желе́зная рука́ (želéznaja ruká) (english: iron hand) [feminine] (Russian), železná päsť (Slovak), mano dura [feminine] (Spanish), puño de hierro (Spanish), ordeno y mando (Spanish), järnhand [common-gender] (Swedish), kamay na bakal (Tagalog), bàn tay thép (Vietnamese)
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  2. Symbol of an army's tank or cavalry branch.
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
    "en:Symbols"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "iron fists",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "iron fist (plural iron fists)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ironfisted"
    },
    {
      "word": "iron-fisted"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ruthless and usually unrestricted control."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unrestricted",
          "unrestricted"
        ],
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, idiomatic) Ruthless and usually unrestricted control."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Symbol of an army's tank or cavalry branch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tank",
          "tank"
        ],
        [
          "cavalry",
          "cavalry"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "iron hand"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "iron heel"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "despotism"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "totalitarianism"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "autocracy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "monocracy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "fascism"
    },
    {
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "dictatorship"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "symbol"
      ],
      "word": "armoured fist"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "symbol"
      ],
      "word": "armored fist"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "symbol"
      ],
      "word": "mailed fist"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qubḍa ḥadīdiyya",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "قُبْضَة حَدِيدِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "kamot nga puthaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "鐵腕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiěwàn",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "铁腕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "鐵拳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tiěquán",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "铁拳"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "železná ruka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jernnæve"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "jernhånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "ijzeren vuist"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "fera mano"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "teräksinen ote"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "rautakoura"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "main de fer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eiserne Hand"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eiserne Faust"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sidirá pygmí",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σιδηρά πυγμή"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "vasököl"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pugno di ferro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あっせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "assei",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "圧政"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あっせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "assei",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "圧制"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "temır jūdyryq",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "темір жұдырық"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pokjeong",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "폭정"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "apje",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "압제"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "geležinis kumštis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "kuku besi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "tömör nudarga",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "төмөр нударга"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jernhånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jernhand"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "punho de ferro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mână de fier"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "želéznyj kulák",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "желе́зный кула́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "iron hand",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "želéznaja ruká",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "желе́зная рука́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "železná päsť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mano dura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "puño de hierro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "ordeno y mando"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "järnhand"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "kamay na bakal"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ruthless control",
      "word": "bàn tay thép"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "iron fist"
  ],
  "word": "iron fist"
}

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