iron fist

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Noun

iron fist (plural iron fists)

1. Ruthless control.

   Josef Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist.

2. Symbol of an army's tank or cavalry branch.

Synonyms

• (ruthless control): iron hand
• (symbol): armoured fist, armored fist, mailed fist

Related terms

• ironfisted / iron-fisted

Translations

ruthless control

• Arabic: قبضة حديدية (ar) (qúbDa Hadidíyya) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐵腕 (cmn), 铁腕 (cmn) (tiěwàn), 鐵拳 (cmn), 铁拳 (cmn) (tiěquán)

• Czech: železná ruka (cs) f
• Danish: jernnæve (da)
• Dutch: ijzeren vuist (nl)
• Finnish: teräksinen ote (fi) (figurative)
• French: main de fer (fr) f
• German: eiserne Hand (de) f
• Greek: σιδηρά πυγμή (el) f (sidirá pygmí)
• Hungarian: vasököl (hu)
• Italian: pugno di ferro (it) m
• Japanese: 圧政 (ja) (あっせい, assei), 圧制 (ja) (あっせい, assei)

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: geležinis kumštis (lt) m
• Malay: kuku besi (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jernhånd (no) m and f

  Nynorsk: jernhand (nn) f

• Portuguese: punho de ferro (pt) m
• Romanian: mână de fier (ro) f
• Russian: железный кулак (ru) (želéznyj kulák) m 
• Spanish: mano dura (es) f
• Swedish: järnhand (sv) c
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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