Thesaurus results for JUGULAR

jugular

noun

ˈjə-gyə-lər

Definition of jugular next

as in back

a vulnerable point a sadistic training instructor who would seek out a recruit's jugular and then go for it

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Recent Examples of jugular The actress manages to pull this off with subtlety and grace in a movie that could have easily gone straight for the emotional jugular. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 Two months before Twilight kicked off the glittery vampire craze, Alan Ball’s True Blood had already put an original, sexy spin on the jugular-draining genre. —

Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025 There will be plenty of temptation to go right for the jugular Monday night against a beleaguered Bengals defense. —

Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025 My bullet had penetrated the neck between the jugular and the bone, missing the spine by a fraction. —

Robert Easton, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jugular

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back

Noun

Teams have been less willing to let San Diego play through central zones, less surprised by its buildup structure and more eager to test the space behind its fullbacks and center backs.

— Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
There were people on all the chairs and sitting on the floor in the aisles and even standing at the back, leaning up against the wall.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 May 2026