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jugularjug‧u‧lar /ˈdʒʌɡjələ $ -ər/ noun [countable usually singular] jugularOrigin: 1500-1600 Late Latin jugularis, from Latin jugulum ‘throat’ VERB► go· Not Adam Burns, though - oh no, he had to go straight for the jugular.· And not that many women really feel comfortable going for the jugular.· Probably that Ven would go for her jugular in no uncertain fashion for the deception she had played on him. ► jugular vein- Doctors told the 28-year-old that the five slashes were just millimetres away from cutting his jugular vein.
- He was not aware of a jugular vein delicately connecting the forty billion of Trantor with the rest of the Galaxy.
- One blade speared his jugular vein.
- Perhaps he was only locating the jugular vein for future use.
- They ripped open the jugular vein, releasing an appalling rush of blood.
► go for the jugular- A harsher critic would have gone for the jugular and claimed that this was a blunt reiteration of those dormant adolescent prejudices.
- And not that many women really feel comfortable going for the jugular.
1 jugular vein the large vein in your neck that takes blood from your head back to your heart2go for the jugular informal to criticize or attack someone very strongly, especially in order to harm them |