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Meanings of penetrate the jugular in English

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Usage of penetrate the jugular in English
1
The freshly sharpened blade was betweenmend dangerous and guard penetrated the jugular without resistance.
Renaissance
2
'There's been an-accident-yourauntwas shot with an arrow- penetrated the jugular vein-'
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
3
It was a downward, oblique stab in the throat which had pierced the larynx and penetrated the jugular vein.
The Hunt Ball Mystery
4
If in that moment of darkness I had cut to the right, my instrument would have penetrated the jugular vein.
Danger; Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend