ROUGHSHOD

• (adj.) unjustly domineering

  "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies", "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"

  synonyms : heavy-handed

• (adj.) (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"

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

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

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