JUGULAR

(vein) [noun] [C] - any of several large veins in the neckHis jugular was severed when he was thrown through the car windscreen.If you go for the jugular you make the maximum effort to defeat someone, usually by criticizing their weaknesses in a cruel and offensive way.In a savage review of the book, the reviewer first criticized the author's arguments, then went for the jugular, and accused him of getting his facts wrong.The accident investigators have really gone for the jugular in their report on the airline's safety procedures.Right from the start of the match, Scotland went for the jugular, earning them a resounding victory over Germany.