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chokepoint::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bottleneck, constriction |
| Type of | narrowing |
Examples of chokepoint
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ChokePoint is not the only website or app designed to help citizens fight back.
From the newscientist.com
Another Puyallup chokepoint is nearby at the intersection of 39th and Meridian.
From the thenewstribune.com
Some 40 percent of the world's oil tanker traffic passing through the narrow chokepoint.
From the omaha.com
An unnamed Muslim sponsor is training what could be his own army at a key global chokepoint?
From the washingtontimes.com
It was intended to return Basra, the chokepoint of Iraq's oil, to the central government's authority.
From the washingtonpost.com
The project is intended to relieve a major chokepoint in one of the nation's key north-south corridors.
From the kentucky.com
Project supporters say I-66 has become a regional chokepoint.
From the washingtonpost.com
For the Palestinians, Erez is a chokepoint where only a lucky few can exit from Gaza, usually for medical emergencies.
From the time.com
ChokePoint Project's map would allow people to identify the degree and exact location of a network outage, says Burke.
From the newscientist.com
- Constriction: a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel
- A point of congestion or blockage; "the bridge is always a chokepoint at rush hour"
- In military strategy, a choke point (or chokepoint) is a geographical feature on land such as a valley, defile or a bridge, or at sea such as a strait which an armed force is forced to pass, sometimes on a substantially narrower front, and therefore greatly decreasing its combat power, in order ...
- An area along the railroad track that is often congested, making it difficult for trains to pass uninterrupted.
- A narrow passage-such as a bridge, tunnel, or Metro station-used as a surveillance or countersurveillance tool for channeling the opposing force or monitoring their passage.
- Any point on a map that forces a team into a small geographic area--for example, a bridge, a narrow canyon, an elevator, or a gate. ...
