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iron-fisted
adjective as in merciless
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in strict
adjective as in stringent
adjective as in unrelenting
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Example Sentences
Some Egyptians find this iron-fisted approach very appealing.
But for a military-installed regime determined to bring iron-fisted order to Egypt, that may make little difference.
But they paid no attention––which showed that there was something they feared more even than the iron-fisted Chief.
Time, the iron-fisted Nihilist, will knock them all down some day and bid mankind begin anew.
I understood that if I cut it out and went up there and let that iron-fisted Irishman slam me around, that I'd come out all right.
Haggarty, the iron-fisted cant-hook man, who had drawn Kent pay for years, took up the matter in the bunk-house that night.
And what does the iron-fisted Colonel say as to thee for a son-in-law?
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On this page you'll find 228 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to iron-fisted, such as: barbarous, callous, cruel, fierce, grim, and harsh.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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