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jackboot

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jack·boot also jack-boot  (jkbt)
n.
1. A stout military boot that extends above the knee.
2. A person who uses bullying tactics, especially to force compliance.
3. The spirit sustaining and motivating a militaristic, highly aggressive, or totalitarian regime or system.

jackboot [ˈdʒækˌbuːt]
n
1. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) an all-leather military boot, extending up to or above the knee
2.
a.  arbitrary, cruel, and authoritarian rule or behaviour
b.  (as modifier) jackboot tactics
jackbooted  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jackbootjackboot - (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot
boot - footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
Translations
jackboot [ˈdʒækbuːt] Nbota f de montar, bota f militar
under the Nazi jackbootbajo el azote or la férula del nazismo

jackboot [ˈdʒækbuːt] nbotte f cavalière

jackboot
nSchaftstiefel m; to be under the jackboot (of)unter dem Stiefel (+gen)stehen

jackboot
n jackboot [ˈdʒӕkbuːt]
a type of tall especially military boot that reaches above the knee. kapstewel حِذاء بِرَقَبَه ومِهْماز ботуш над коляното vojenská bota, kanada skaftestøvle hoher Stiefel ψηλή μπότα (συν. στρατιωτική) bota militar säärsaabas چکمه نظامی sotilassaapas bottes à l'écuyère מָגַף גָבוֹה सैनिकों का बड़ा जूता konjanička čizma térden felül érő csizma sepatu bot panjang hnéstígvél stivalone militare 長靴 (무릎 위까지 덮는) 가죽 장화 aulinis batas, botfortas garš zābaks (pāri celim) but tinggi kaplaars langstøvel botfort, but z cholewą bota militar cizmă înaltă mai sus de genunchi ботфорт (vysoká) vojenská topánka visok škorenj visoka (vojnička) čizma kragstövel รองเท้าบู๊ตทหาร uzun çizme (過膝的軍用)長統靴 ботфорт ٹخنوں تک لمبے بوٹ giầy ống


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If you're crushing somebody under your jackboot, you have to have a reason.
He naturally starts with his fellow Russians, who fell under the jackboot of the Soviet form of ideology.
invasion, the Sunnis dominated the country and kept the Shia and Kurdish populations under the jackboot of Stalin-esque rule.
 
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