iron heel
noun
(An instrument of) ruthless or unrelenting destruction or oppression, especially political oppression.
Origin
Late 18th century.
- mercenariness
- mercenary
- mercer
- mercerisation
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- mercerization
- mercerize
- Mercer, Johnny
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- Merchant Adventurers
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