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Adjective
S: (adj) roughshod ((of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping)
S: (adj) barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, 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"
S: (adj) heavy-handed, roughshod (unjustly domineering) "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies"; "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"