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[ adjective ] (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Examples "a barbarous crime" "brutal beatings" "cruel tortures" "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks" "a savage slap" "vicious kicks" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
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[ adjective ] unjustly domineering
Synonyms Examples "incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies" "a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition" Related terms |
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