roughshod | English to English Dictionary

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roughshod

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Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.(adjective)

source: webster1913

(of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping(adj.all)

source: wordnet30
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering(adj.all)

Example:
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks.

Synonym:
barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious

source: wordnet30
unjustly domineering(adj.all)

Example:
A manager who rode roughshod over all opposition.

Synonym:
heavy-handed

source: wordnet30

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