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iron fist

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. iron fistnoun

    rigorous or ruthless control

    "she rules the office with an iron fist"; "it takes an iron fist to contain the dissenting factions"

Wiktionary

  1. iron fistnoun

    Ruthless control.

  2. iron fistnoun

    Symbol of an army's tank or cavalry branch

Wikipedia

  1. Iron Fist

    Iron Fist is a song by the British heavy metal band Motörhead. It was released as a single in 1982, in 7" pressings in blue, black and translucent red vinyl. The title track on the single is covered with (B-side's) "Remember Me, I'm Gone", which appears on CD re-issues of the Iron Fist album. In Spain, the title track was put on the B-side of "Go to Hell" and was issued with a picture sleeve of the band dressed as warriors in skull masks. This is the last single featuring the classic Motörhead line-up of Lemmy, "Fast" Eddie Clarke and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, as Clarke left following the recording of the Stand By Your Man EP. On 27 March 1982, Lemmy, Clarke and Taylor were interviewed by Tommy Vance on BBC Radio 1's 'Rock On Saturday' show, "Iron Fist", "Loser", and "Speedfreak" were played.

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  1. iron fist

    An iron fist refers to strict, authoritarian, or harsh control or rule. It often symbolizes oppressive or tyrannical power demonstrated without any flexibility or mercy. It can be used in various contexts, such as political, social, and even personal, and signifies ruthless and undemocratic leadership.

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  1. Iron Fist

    Iron Fist is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics Universe, and a practitioner of martial arts. Created by Roy Thomas and Gil Kane, he first appeared in Marvel Premiere #15. The character starred in his own solo series in the 1970s, and shared the title Power Man and Iron Fist for several years.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of iron fist in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of iron fist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of iron fist in a Sentence

  1. Benjamin Petrini:

    The Taliban are going to have to establish themselves as legitimate, so they can't necessarily rule with an iron fist.

  2. Jacob G. Hornberger:

    The biggest threat to the American people today lies with the United States government. ... [T]he long-term solution is to dismantle, not reform, the iron fist of the welfare state and the controlled economy. This includes the end (not the reform) of the IRS, the DEA, the BATF, the SEC, the FDA, HUD, the departments of HHS, Labor, Agriculture, and energy, and every other agency that takes money from some and gives it to others or interferes with peaceful behavior.

  3. Razaw Salihy:

    The presence of certain factions of the Popular Mobilization Units in southern governorates, where they rule with an iron fist, has added to the grievances.

  4. Volodymyr Knyr:

    You don't need an iron fist if you aren't a pacifist.

  5. Wu Qiang:

    The targets of Fu Zhenghua's crackdown are people at the core of China's civil society. Therefore, the country's whole intellectual sector and the wider public are all thrilled by( Fu Zhenghua fall from grace), fu Zhenghua rise to power represented the aggressive iron-fist approach that has shaped China's governance over the past decade.


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