with a strong hand

adverb

Roget 604: resolutely etc. adj.; in earnest, in good earnest; seriously, joking apart, earnestly, heart and soul; on one's mettle; manfully, like a man, with a high hand; with a strong hand etc. (exertion) 686.    at any rate, at any risk, at any hazard, at any price, at any cost, at any sacrifice; at all hazards, at all risks, at all events; a' bis ou a blanc [Fr.]; cost what it may; coute [Fr.]; a tort et a travers^†; once for all; neck or nothing; rain or shine.    ... show more

Roget 686: laboriously etc. adj.; lustily; pugnis et calcibus [Lat.]; with might and main, with all one's might, with a strong hand, with a sledge hammer, with much ado; to the best of one's abilities, totis viribus [Lat.], vi et armis [Lat.], manibus pedibusque [Lat.], tooth and nail, unguibus et rostro [Lat.], hammer and tongs, heart and soul; through thick and thin etc. (perseverance) 604.1. by the sweat of one's brow, suo Marte.    ... show more

Roget 739: severely etc. adj.; with a high hand, with a strong hand, with a tight hand, with a heavy hand.    at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet.   

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