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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
Noun
1. a leather military boot reaching up to the knee
2. brutal and authoritarian rule
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
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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 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 we allow the state to violate the "sanctity" of private, same-sex relations, their argument goes, it will not be long before the fearful tread of jackboots arrives at the boudoir of married heterosexuals.
Having twirled in a frock, he dons jackboots to play Adolf Hitler in Springtime for Hitler, the production's howlingly awful play-within-a-play.
Digital jackboots, statist or corporate, have always been lurking around the corner; the good times have always been almost over.
 
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