chokepoint

English

Etymology

choke +‎ point

Noun

chokepoint (plural chokepoints)

1. A point at which traffic or other movement can easily become blocked.
   • 2016, Jeremi Suri, Benjamin A. Valentino, Sustainable Security:

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

Alternative forms

• choke point

Synonyms

• bottleneck