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jugular

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒʌɡ.jʊl.ə/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted agjlruuStarts with JEnds with R0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. relating to or located in the region of the neck or throat

Word origin

Late 16th century borrowing from Late Latin jugulāris, from jugulum (“the collarbone; the hollow part of the neck above the collarbone; the throat”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to jugulum + -ar.

Used in a sentence

  • 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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