chokepoint

Etymology

From choke + point.

chokepoint means A point at which traffic or other movement can easily become blocked. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

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.”