Roughshod - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈrʌfʃɑːd|
Brit.
|ˈrʌfʃɒd|
adjective
- (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering (syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious)
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering (syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious)
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- unjustly domineering (syn: heavy-handed)a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition
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Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
The planning authorities should not ride roughshod over the wishes of local people.
We cannot ride roughshod over the concerns of the local community.
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