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What is an iron fist?

What is an iron fist? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (figuratively) Ruthless and usually unrestricted control.
  2. Symbol of an army's tank or cavalry branch.
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His father is a spineless jellyfish who lets his wife rule with an iron fist.
The US and Britain have compromised to buy goodwill, retaining the right to strike with an iron fist in a velvet glove.
Yet at Tynecastle he knows his first job will involve the hand of friendship, not the iron fist.
A misfit gang of working-class street toughs from Queens, the Ramones were ruled with an iron fist by guitarist Johnny.
Ressler, who hides an iron fist in a velvet glove, did not miss the opportunity to praise them, while having a dig at current technical director.
Today, the enterprise of spreading the gospel of free markets is predicated on the iron fist of overwhelming American military power.

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