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Definition of
hell-bent adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
hell-bent
adjective
adjective
hell-bent
on something/on doing something
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determined to do something even though the results may be bad
He seems hell-bent on drinking himself to death.
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hell-bent
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