Meanings
alternative ironhandedness · alternative iron handedness
- uncountableSynonym of heavy-handedness: the property or state of being iron-handed.
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.
2013, Gerald Linderman, The World within War, →ISBNSynonyms: heavy-handedness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of heavy-handedness: the property or state of being iron-handed.
Origin
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iron-handedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iron-handedness
“iron-handedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iron-handedness. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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