tire buster
n.— «Another thing that we’ve done is we’ve implemented emergency response teams and these guys are able to go out within 24 hours and address any hole that are sometimes referred to as “tire busters,” those holes that can cause a tire to go flat or cause damage to a vehicle.» —“DPW works to fix potholes around city” by Phil Sanchez in Indianapolis WISH-TV (Indianapolis, Indiana) Mar. 17, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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