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synonyms for jugular

  • gruff
  • hoarse
  • deep
  • gular
  • guttural
  • husky

antonyms for jugular

MOST RELEVANT
  • soft
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How to use jugular in a sentence

The doctor was cutting my neck open to put a line into my jugular to try to get blood into me fast enough to save me.
THE STORY BEHIND ‘THE PERFECT STORM’JVERSTEEGHOCTOBER 27, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE
The new study went straight for that previously untenable jugular.
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Deeper and deeper the crooked teeth dug; and then with a burst of bright blood, they pierced the jugular vein itself.
WILD FOLKSAMUEL SCOVILLE
Kill by cutting the jugular vein with a sharp pen-knife, just under the sides of the head, and hang them up to bleed.
SOIL CULTUREJ. H. WALDEN
(ii) If there be thrombosis of the bulb of the jugular vein.
A SYSTEM OF OPERATIVE SURGERY, VOLUME IV (OF 4)VARIOUS
He would tear Thoreau's jugular out if he had half a chance.
THE COURAGE OF MARGE O'DOONEJAMES OLIVER CURWOOD
But Professor Huxley has kindly informed me that he has discovered a jugular fish in the Permian deposits.
ON THE GENESIS OF SPECIESST. GEORGE MIVART
He saw at once that a small artery had been severed, and its adjacency to the jugular made it a matter of extreme danger.
THE NIGHT RIDERSRIDGWELL CULLUM
Before he got the weapon out, a dagger slashed his jugular and he went down gurgling in death.
THE DOOR INTO INFINITYEDMOND HAMILTON
Approach the animal carefully and place the point of the knife against the side of the animal's neck, just over the jugular vein.
SCIENCE OF TRAPPINGELMER HARRY KREPS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO JUGULAR

  • deep
  • gruff
  • gular
  • guttural
  • hoarse
  • husky
  • jugular
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