throat cutting
Blade across neck
Throat cutting is the act of slicing across someone's neck, severing major blood vessels—a method of killing that appears in slaughter, murder, and suicide.
The image extends to ruthless competition: throat-cutting business practices.
The hyphenated adjective throat-cutting describes anything mercilessly competitive or destructive: It's a throat-cutting industry.
- slittingCutting lengthwise narrowly
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- jugularMain neck blood vessel
- knifeSharp cutting utensil
- razorBlade for removing hair
blood · blood loss · gash · slice · murder · cold blooded · mob hit · assassination · execution · butcher · wound · carotid · neck · slash · severing · kill · violence · brutal
- meatpackingslaughterhouse, meatpacker, abattoirs, meatpacking plant, packing house
throat cuttingstrangulation
Death by neck compression
poisoning · drowning · suffocation · bludgeoning · shooting
throat cuttinglifesaving
Preserving human existence
healing · resuscitation · first aid · medical treatment · mercy
throat cuttingfair play
Honorable conduct in games
cooperation · collaboration · good sportsmanship · mutual aid · gentlemanly conduct