Roughshod

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  • adjective. Shod with horseshoes having projecting nails or points to prevent slipping.
  • adjective. Marked by brutal force.
  • idiom. (ride roughshod over) To treat with brutal force.
    • 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Shod with shoes armed with points or calks.
  • adjective. to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. having hooves shod with calks or horseshoes that have projecting nails to prevent slipping
  • adjective. brutal or domineering
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
  • adjective. unjustly domineering
  • adjective. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
    • Word Usage
    "There were already signs that the African National Congress intended riding "roughshod" over opposition parties."
    cross-reference
    to ride roughshod  
    Equivalent
    domineering  inhumane  shod  shodden  shoed  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Assad  Cod  Dodd  Fahd  God  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bareback  black-armoured  black-cloaked  blue-uniformed  bronc  
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