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