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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
/ ˌhɛlˈbɛnt /
adjective
- informal.postpositiveand foll byon strongly or rashly intent
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No wonder we have helicopter parents hellbent on handholding.
From The Daily Beast
Once more, Romney seems hellbent on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
From The Daily Beast
It's all for the good of the hellbent fellows the way things are arranged in this world at the present time.
From Project Gutenberg
They were past the inn, driving hellbent through the pitch-blackness of the countryside.
From Project Gutenberg
Lively Woman is indeed, as Carlyle would put it, "hellbent" on purification of politics by adding herself as an ingredient.
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