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#1 roughshod s. (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping. wn
#2 roughshod s. [barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious] (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". wn
#3 roughshod s. [heavy-handed] unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition". wn
#2 roughshod s. [barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious] (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". wn
#3 roughshod s. [heavy-handed] unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition". wn
