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/ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jʊl.ə/ · adjective
(anatomy, relational) Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat..
It was vicious; he went for the jugular.
One of Lionel's old Salthill friends with whom he exchanged perhaps a dozen words a year, and with whom he sometimes played squash, and tennis, both men killers on the court, seeking the jugular […].
Use jugular when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Jugular means (anatomy, relational) Relating to, or located near, the neck or throat..
Common synonyms include jugular vein, vena jugularis.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It was vicious; he went for the jugular.
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