spike strip

device or weapon used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tires
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spike strip
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spike strip

Summary

spike strip ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (188 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • spike strip's image is recorded as US Army spike strip.jpg[2].
  • spike strip's subclass of is recorded as law enforcement equipment[3].
  • spike strip's subclass of is recorded as Incident weapon[4].
  • spike strip's subclass of is recorded as area denial weapon[5].
  • spike strip's has use is recorded as arrest[6].
  • spike strip's has use is recorded as end[7].
  • spike strip's Commons category is recorded as Spike strips[8].
  • spike strip's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01t9sk[9].
  • spike strip's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as barrier=spikes[10].
  • spike strip's has effect is recorded as flat tire[11].
  • spike strip's has characteristic is recorded as unidirectionality[12].
  • spike strip's uses is recorded as puncturing[13].
  • spike strip's has part is recorded as nail[14].
  • spike strip's Quora topic ID is recorded as Spike-Strip[15].
  • spike strip's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as spikermatte[16].

Why It Matters

spike strip ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (188 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). spike strip. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/spike-strip
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_spike-strip_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{spike strip}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/spike-strip}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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