chokepoint

noun

noun

Etymology From choke + point.

Figuratively 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.2016, Jeremi Suri, Benjamin A. Valentino, Sustainable Security:

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