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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) (WordNet)

roughshod
adj 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; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings";
"cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the
kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" [synonym: {barbarous},
{brutal}, {cruel}, {fell}, {roughshod}, {savage}, {vicious}]
3: unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-
handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over
all opposition" [synonym: {heavy-handed}, {roughshod}]