iron-handedness

See also: ironhandedness and iron handedness

English

Alternative forms

• ironhandedness
• iron handedness

Etymology

From iron-handed +‎ -ness.

Noun

iron-handedness (uncountable)

1. Synonym of heavy-handedness: the property or state of being iron-handed.
   • 2013, Gerald Linderman, The World within War, →ISBN:

     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.