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Roughshod   /rˈəfʃˈɑd/   Listen
Roughshod

adjective
1.
(of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping.
2.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.  Synonyms: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious.  "Brutal beatings" , "Cruel tortures" , "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks" , "A savage slap" , "Vicious kicks"
3.
Unjustly domineering.  Synonym: heavy-handed.  "A manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"



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