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Significats de spike strip en anglès

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Device or weapon used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tires.

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      Ús de spike strip en anglès
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      Police used a spike strip to stop a wanted car during a pursuit in Wellington overnight.
      Radio NZ
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      You're undoubtedly familiar with the spike strip, the tire-piercing steel nails that stop baddies in their tracks.
      Wired
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      Just as she made out the traffic spike strip lying across the underpass, the back window exploded.
      Heat Rises
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      Eventually, one of the Zapata vehicles ran over a spike strip in the road near a guard house under the control of the US Marines.
      The Guardian
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      But it's still unmistakably The Bill, and maybe PC BBC is throwing its spike strip out over the road long after that one got away.
      The Guardian
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      He also threw out " spike strips" to block anyone from reaching him, Piper said.
      Reuters
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      An automated Bluetooth-enabled 911 call might also alert the authorities who could put down spike strips or close off the road.
      Wired
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      Officers used spike strips to puncture the vehicle's tires, which came a halt on Interstate 635, the main highway circling the Dallas region.
      Reuters
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      The NightHawk is simpler and similar to the spike strips of yore, but doesn't need a boy in blue to set it off.
      Wired
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