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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A point at which traffic or other movement can easily become blocked.

   "First, a hostile state could invade and occupy an oil producer or cut off a key chokepoint such as the Strait of Hormuz."

2. 2
   a point of congestion or blockage wordnet
3. 3
   a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bottleneckbottleneckconstrictionconstriction

Example

More examples

"The pass of Thermopylae is a historical example of a chokepoint."

Etymology

From choke + point.

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