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Meaning of iron fist | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Ruthless and usually unrestricted control.
    figuratively, idiomatic
  2. An army's tank or cavalry branch.

Equivalents

Examples

“Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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