Roughshod

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Shod with horseshoes having projecting nails or points to prevent slipping.
  • adj. Marked by brutal force: Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks.
  • idiom. ride roughshod over To treat with brutal force: a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition.
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  • adj. having hooves shod with calks or horseshoes that have projecting nails to prevent slipping
  • adj. brutal or domineering
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Shod with shoes armed with points or calks.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Shod with shoes armed with points or calks: as, a horse is said to be roughshod when his shoes are roughed or sharpened for slippery roads.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
  • adj. unjustly domineering
  • adj. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
    • Equivalent
    shoed    shod    shodden    domineering    inhumane   
    Cross Reference
    to ride roughshod   
    Rhyme
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