iron fist

English

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iron fist (plural iron fists)

(figuratively, idiomatic) Ruthless and usually unrestricted control.
Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist.
Symbol of an army's tank or cavalry branch.

(ruthless control): iron hand, iron heel, despotism, totalitarianism, autocracy, monocracy, fascism, dictatorship
(symbol): armoured fist, armored fist, mailed fist

ruthless control

Arabic: قُبْضَة حَدِيدِيَّة f (qubḍa ḥadīdiyya)
Cebuano: kamot nga puthaw
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鐵腕／铁腕 (zh) (tiěwàn), 鐵拳／铁拳 (zh) (tiěquán)
Czech: železná ruka f
Danish: jernnæve c, jernhånd c
Dutch: ijzeren vuist
Esperanto: fera mano
Finnish: teräksinen ote (figurative), rautakoura (fi)
French: main de fer (fr) f
German: eiserne Hand f, eiserne Faust f
Greek: σιδηρά πυγμή 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)
Kazakh: темір жұдырық (temır jūdyryq)
Korean: 폭정 (ko) (pokjeong), 압제 (ko) (apje)
Lithuanian: geležinis kumštis m
Malay: kuku besi
Mongolian: төмөр нударга (tömör nudarga)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jernhånd m or f

Nynorsk: jernhand f
Portuguese: punho de ferro m
Romanian: mână de fier f
Russian: желе́зный кула́к m (želéznyj kulák), желе́зная рука́ (ru) f (želéznaja ruká) (iron hand)
Slovak: železná päsť
Spanish: mano dura f, puño de hierro, ordeno y mando
Swedish: järnhand (sv) c
Tagalog: kamay na bakal
Vietnamese: bàn tay thép

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