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spike strip

spike strip noun: a device consisting of a portable bed of nails used by police and armed forces to puncture car tires.

spike strip: a device consisting of a portable bed of nails used by police and armed forces to puncture car tires
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Noun

spike strip (plural spike strips)

  1. A device consisting of a portable bed of nails used by police and armed forces to puncture car tires.

Synonyms of spike strip

Forms of spike strip

pluralspike strips

Questions about spike strip

What does spike strip mean?
Spike strip means a device consisting of a portable bed of nails used by police and armed forces to puncture car tires.
What part of speech is spike strip?
Spike strip is a noun.
What is the plural of spike strip?
The plural of spike strip is spike strips.

Words near spike strip in the dictionary

  1. spike planks
  2. spike poison
  3. spike protein
  4. spike proteins
  5. spike someone's guns
  6. spike strip
  7. spike strips
  8. spike team
  9. spike teams
  10. spike train
  11. spike trains

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