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jugular

adjective as in throaty

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The Dodgers could have gone for the jugular, and the World Series sweep, against the New York Yankees on Tuesday.

But Lee has been delivering these jugular jabs the whole day, talking about the failed businesses.

She was smart about how she ordered her argument for a smartphone, starting with logic and then going for the emotional jugular.

Hours later, as a doctor inserted a large-gauge transfusion line into his jugular vein, Junger sensed his father’s presence in the room.

I knew convincing a girlfriend wouldn’t be easy, so I went for the jugular.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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