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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

/ ˌɛˈɛԳ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    postpositiveand foll byon strongly or rashly intent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of hellbent1

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

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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.

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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.

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But I never got the idea that he was hellbent on destroying the federal government.

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At the beginning of Season 1, we meet a young man in Peter Sutherland who is moral, who is principled, who is hellbent to do the right thing because his father was accused of doing the wrong thing.

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