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chokepoint

[ chohk-point ]
/ ˈtʃoʊkˌpɔɪnt /
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noun

a place of greatest congestion and often hazard; bottleneck.

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RELATED WORDS

predicament, dilemma, distress, mystification, pass, perplexity, plight, squeeze, emergency, vicissitude, crossroad, hardship, exigency, mess, embarrassment, rigor, hole, bottleneck, bewilderment, extremity

Nearby words

chokecherry, choked, choked disk, chokedamp, chokehold, chokepoint, choker, choker-setter, chokes, chokey, choking

Origin of chokepoint

First recorded in 1965–70
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