iron-handedness

See also: ironhandedness and iron handedness

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From iron-handed +‎ -ness.

Noun

iron-handedness (uncountable)

Synonym of heavy-handedness: the property or state of being iron-handed.
- 2013, Gerald Linderman, The World within War, →ISBN:
  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.

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