roughshod

Words with a similar base: roughshod

'roughshod'

[roughshod.s.01] as in: (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping

'roughshod'

[barbarous.s.01] as in: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

Examples:
a barbarous crime
brutal beatings
cruel tortures
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
a savage slap
vicious kicks

'roughshod'

[heavy-handed.s.02] as in: unjustly domineering

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

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