Meaning of Jugular | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Ellipsis of jugular vein.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, in-plural, rare
2. Any critical vulnerability.
   broadly, in-plural, rare

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Examples

“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 […].”

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