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roughshod
adjective
Unjustly domineering
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ˈɹʌfʃɒd
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adjective
Unjustly domineering
“Incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies”
adjective
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
“A barbarous crime”
adjective
(of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
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Incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies
A manager who rode roughshod over all opposition
A barbarous crime
Brutal beatings
Cruel tortures
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
A savage slap
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