Thesaurus results for JUGULAR

jugular

noun

ˈjə-gyə-lər

Definition of jugular next

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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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Noun

However, there were extenuating circumstances in both games, which, when factored alongside San Antonio’s Game 3 win at Madison Square Garden and their dominance for nearly three quarters in Game 4, lend credence to the notion a bounce-back effort could well be in the cards.

— Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
The back yard, casually unkempt and shaded by tall trees, exudes natural splendor.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 June 2026