roughshod

adj 1: (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to

prevent slipping

2: (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" [syn: {barbarous},

{brutal}, {cruel}, {fell}, {savage}, {vicious}]

3: unjustly domineering; "incensed at the government's

heavy-handed economic economic policies"; "a manager who

rode roughshod over all opposition" [syn: {heavy-handed}]