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roughshod
adjective
unjustly domineering
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How it sounds
Pronunciation
ˈɹʌfʃɒd
Meaning
Definitions
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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Example Sentences
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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