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roughshod

Dictionary definition · roughshod

adjective

  1. (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
  2. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering"a barbarous crime"
  3. unjustly domineering"incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).