Jugular

Tom went for the jugular.

The jugular vein is located on the side of your neck.

Worn on the neck, the device records central blood pressure in the carotid artery, internal jugular vein and external jugular vein.

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 […].