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ROUGHSHOD

Definition:

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