roughshod

Adjective
  1. (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping (synset 302163708)
    similar to: shod, shodden, shoed - wearing footgear
  2. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering (synset 301266123)
    "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
    similar to: inhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
    same as: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious
  3. Unjustly domineering (synset 300791823)
    "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"
    similar to: domineering - tending to domineer
    same as: heavy-handed

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