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Definition

veins in the neck that return blood from the head

or:

amy vital part that is vulnerable to attack

You can feel your pulse by pressing lightly with a finger at the base of the external jugular vein.

he always goes for the jugular
I lowered the glass, considering one quick slice to the jugular that would end it all.
Alex Flinn -- Beastly

jugular = veins in the neck that return blood from the head

She kicked and flailed while Caul held a sharpened icicle to her throat and shouted, "Stay back or I drive this through her jugular!"
Ransom Riggs -- Hollow City
Cut him right through the jugular.
Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
I knew he was seeking to cut the all-important vein, the jugular.
Wilson Rawls -- Where the Red Fern Grows
A quick incision to the jugular with a surgical knife; blood gurgles into a slop bucket; and all is over.
Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
You went for the jugular, just like a cop's supposed to in a murder case.
J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
"We've just inserted catheters into your carotid artery and jugular vein," says the nurse.
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind
'Separation of jugular vein—death rapid—been dead at least half an hour.'
Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
A pulsing jugular looped lazily down the length of her neck.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
It smashes his mouth, spraying out teeth, and penetrates to the jugular.
John Gardner -- Grendel
He was motionless as I pressed my lips to his jugular.
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
I lay on the floor moaning that the dwarf ghost had done me wrong by sucking on my jugular vein.
Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
The shot was fired; the ball entered under his chin and came out at the nape of his neck, after traversing the jugular vein.
Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
My bias is that successful advertising requires you to shock your audience—catch them unaware and, eh, go for that jugular.
Henry H. Neff -- The Hound of Rowan
Slowly it shifted up along the jugular.
Jack London -- White Fang
Words that went for the jugular.
Robert Cormier -- I Am the Cheese
Then he drew his knife, wrapped the bridle reins tightly around one hand, and jabbed the knife into the horse's neck, slashing the jugular vein.
Larry McMurtry -- Lonesome Dove
'There's black, hopeless rage in her eyes, the type of anger you feel when your hands are tied and there's a knife at your jugular.
Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes

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