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roughshod
('r/@/f/S//A/d )

adjective (a)

  • Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • (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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