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Noun

iron curtain ‎(plural iron curtains)

1. A barrier made of iron in the theatre, lowered between the stage and the auditorium for safety or to prevent communication.
2. (idiomatic) Any impenetrable barrier.
   • 1982, Ervand Abrahamian, Iran Between Two Revolutions‎, ISBN 0691101345, page 450:

     The coup d'etat also constituted an iron curtain for the social scientists.

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