roughshod

adj.

1. Shod with horseshoes having projecting nails or points to prevent slipping.
2. Marked by brutal force: Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks.

idiom:

ride roughshod over

1. To treat with brutal force: a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping

Meaning #2: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  Synonyms: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious

Meaning #3: unjustly domineering
  Synonym: heavy-handed

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skarpskoet, broddet

idioms:

• ride roughshod over    behandle hensynsløst, trampe på

Nederlands (Dutch)
met spijkerhoeven (paard)

Français (French)
adj. - totalement, complètement

idioms:

• ride roughshod over    se moquer (totalement) de qn/qch

Deutsch (German)
adj. - roh beschlagen, rücksichtslos

idioms:

• ride roughshod over    etwas mit Füßen treten

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πεταλωμένος, με χοντρά καρφιά

idioms:

• ride roughshod over    τσαλαπατώ, στραπατσάρω

Italiano (Italian)
ferrato

idioms:

• ride roughshod over    comportarsi villanamente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - com ferraduras

idioms:

• ride roughshod over    tratar alguém a pontapés

Русский (Russian)
снабженный шипами

idioms:

• ride roughshod over    грубо обращаться, унижать, обращаться деспотически

Español (Spanish)
adj. - herrado con ramplones

idioms:

• ride roughshod over    pisotear, hacer caso omiso de

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - broddad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
铁蹄上装有防滑钉的, 残暴的, 无情的

idioms:

• ride roughshod over    欺凌

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 鐵蹄上裝有防滑釘的, 殘暴的, 無情的

idioms:

• ride roughshod over    欺凌

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 편자에 스파이크를 단

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 悪辣に

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مخشن النعل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מסומר-פרסות‬

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