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Spiky device thrown in the road to puncture a speeding suspect's tires
Answer for the clue "Spiky device thrown in the road to puncture a speeding suspect's tires ", 7 letters:
caltrop
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Wiktionary
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n. 1 (senseid en weaponry)(context weaponry English) A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to passers-by. 2 (context heraldiccharge English) This object used as a heraldic charge. ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caltrop \Cal"trop\, Caltrap \Cal"trap\, n. [OE. calketrappe, calletrappe, caltor (in both senses), fr. AS. collr[ae]ppe, calcetreppe, sort of thistle; cf. F. chaussetrape star thistle, trap, It. calcatreppo, calcatreppolo, star thistle. Perh. from L. calx ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A caltrop (also known as caltrap , galtrop , cheval trap , galthrap , galtrap , calthrop or crow's foot ) is an antipersonnel weapon made up of two or more sharp nails or spines arranged in such a manner that one of them always points upward from a stable ...
WordNet
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n. tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed [syn: devil's weed , Tribulus terestris ] a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits [syn: water chestnut ...
Usage examples of caltrop.
On the bridge itself, his cavalry had pushed through the barricade of caltrops but had failed to crush the wall of lancers awaiting them on the other side.
Al put out the caltrops, spiked chains that would stop a vehicle by blowing the tires out.
The mules were terrified, bucking and cavorting as if there were caltrops under their saddles and venomous snakes under their feet.
The king in his mind feared covered pitfalls, sharp stakes hidden in the ground, iron caltrops forged so that one of the four spikes was up no matter how the object fellall the material traps that a wily general strews in front of a hostile army.
Saryn are still down in the great room, talking over something obscure, like whether caltrops are really that effective except in defending fixed emplacements and whether two-handed blades are useful in mounted attacks.
That was so the harbor smiths could do things like caltrops and stimuli.
Pretty soon, I'll have to do caltrops, or get Yarrl to do them for me.
No matter how the caltrop is thrown, one pointed end will always face up, ready to impale anything that steps or falls upon it.
You have the plow done in ten days, and I'll have the caltrops and the stock for you.
When the Norvans had broken through the caltrops, Layton's fifteen men had splintered like twigs.
Clive's team were out of their car and Al put out the caltrops, spiked chains that would stop a vehicle by blowing the tires out.
Once empty fertilizer bags were now bulging full of wire snares, pipe bombs, homemade caltrops, and everything from aerosol cans to a gallon can of floor-tile glue.
And the portion of the host that had not entered the kill zone was spreading to either side, despite the caltrops and craters.
He crosses the kitchen and slumps into the chair at the end of the table, knowing that he should either return to the smithy or ride over to see Yarrl about the caltrops.