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hellbent
[ hel-bent ]
adjective
- stubbornly or recklessly determined.
- going at terrific speed.
adverb
- in a hellbent manner; with reckless determination; at full speed.
hellbent
/ ˌɛˈɛԳ /
adjective
- informal.postpositiveand foll byon strongly or rashly intent
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
A government hellbent on stripping its constituents of their constitutional rights will begin with the most liminal and marginalized among us.
Equally preposterous is Collette’s Ylfa, who is hellbent on perfecting sauces and dressings, which she sees as the highest sensory experience one can have.
Asha explains what happens when people who are hellbent on using the law to break the law achieve positions of power, and whether the safeguards still in place can hold.
It’s indicative of a commander in chief hellbent on continuing his efforts at a modern-day Manifest Destiny against our ultimate frenemy in any way, shape or form.
But I never got the idea that he was hellbent on destroying the federal government.
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