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hellbent

[ hel-bent ]

adjective

  1. stubbornly or recklessly determined.
  2. going at terrific speed.


adverb

  1. in a hellbent manner; with reckless determination; at full speed.

hellbent

/ ˌhɛlˈbɛnt /

adjective

  1. informal.
    postpositiveand foll byon strongly or rashly intent


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hellbent1

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35; hell + bent 1

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Example Sentences

No wonder we have helicopter parents hellbent on handholding.

Once more, Romney seems hellbent on snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

It's all for the good of the hellbent fellows the way things are arranged in this world at the present time.

They were past the inn, driving hellbent through the pitch-blackness of the countryside.

Lively Woman is indeed, as Carlyle would put it, "hellbent" on purification of politics by adding herself as an ingredient.

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