jugular

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It looked as though in some desperate fray a mad sweep had been made with vengeful blade straight for the jugular, and, just missing that, had laid open the jaw for full four inches.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or located in the region of the neck or throat.
  2. noun A jugular vein.
  3. noun The most vital part: a strategic attack aimed at the enemy's jugular.

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  • Quins went for the jugular, and Bath once again infringed, conceding another penalty that Malone landed with just 40 seconds remaining. —  Planet Rugby News - Rugby Union News
  • But I still ask: WHY will NO Republican GO for the jugular -- when it is so clearly exposed by the Demorats? —  Bloviating Zeppelin
  • The Bulldogs immediately went for the jugular, as Kiser handed the ball to Bentley on an apparent sweep.
  • It looked as though in some desperate fray a mad sweep had been made with vengeful blade straight for the jugular, and, just missing that, had laid open the jaw for full four inches. —  Foes in Ambush
  • If I suddenly decide to stab myself with a Number Two pencil right in my jugular, then I need an ambulance, asap. —  Why Advertising Sucks
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  1. Late Latin iugulāris (vēna), jugular (vein), from Latin iugulum, collarbone, diminutive of iugum, yoke; see yeug- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French jugulaire = Portuguese jugular = It, giugulare, from New Latin jugularis, from L, jugulum, also jugulus, the bone which joins the shoulders and the breast, the collar-bone, also the hollow of the neck above the collar-bone, diminutive of jugum, a yoke: sea jugum.
 

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