 roughshod |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | |
| Synonyms: | savage vicious cruel brutal fell barbarous | |
| Examples: | "a barbarous crime" "brutal beatings" "cruel tortures" "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks" "a savage slap" "vicious kicks" |
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| Related terms: | inhumane | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping | |
| Related terms: | shod | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] unjustly domineering | |
| Synonyms: | heavy-handed | |
| Examples: | "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies" "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition" |
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| Related terms: | domineering | |
