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Meaning of iron-handedness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Synonym of heavy-handedness: the property or state of being iron-handed.

uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

iron-heartedness iron-sulfur cluster iron-sulfur protein iron-sulphur cluster iron-sulphur protein iron(II,III) oxide