chokepoint

noun

a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.

Origin:
1965–70

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chokepoint
noun
1.	a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel [syn: constriction]
2.	a point of congestion or blockage; "the bridge is always a chokepoint at rush hour"

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Example sentences

The city learned about a chokepoint in the system that they need to address in their comprehensive planning.

Try splitting the maps up into zones with two team members watching one chokepoint while the other two monitor the other side.

Increases in travel and growth at the base have become the focus of the chokepoint in this area.

The crossing creates a major chokepoint at one of the busiest railroad crossings in the nation.

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