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Adjective spiked has 3 senses
- spiked - equipped with long sharp-pointed projections especially along the top of a wall or fence; "the fence was iron and spiked along the top"
Antonyms: pointless, unpointed (indirect, via pointed)
- spiked - having a long sharp point
Antonyms: pointless, unpointed (indirect, via pointed)
- laced, spiked - having alcohol added; "a cup of brandy-laced coffee"; "he drank too much of the spiked punch"
Antonyms: nonalcoholic, soft (indirect, via alcoholic)
Verb spike has 6 senses
- spike - stand in the way of
--1 is one way to banish, relegate, bar
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- transfix, impale, empale, spike - pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"
--2 is one way to pierce, thrust
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- spike - secure with spikes
--3 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
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- spike, spike out - bring forth a spike or spikes; "my hyacinths and orchids are spiking now"
--4 is one way to develop
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- spike, lace, fortify - add alcohol beverages
--5 is one way to change, alter, modify
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- spike - manifest a sharp increase; "the voltage spiked"
--6 is one way to increase
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