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Definition of Hell-bent
1. Adjective. Recklessly determined. "Hell-bent on winning"
Definition of Hell-bent
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of hellbent) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hell-bent
Literary usage of Hell-bent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roads of Adventure by Ralph Delahaye Paine (1922)
"VIII hell-bent WITH "DYNAMITE JOHNNY" CAPTAIN O'BRIEN climbed into the wheel-house,
poked his head out of a window, and waved a hand. ..."
2. Nathan Clifford, Democrat (1803-1881) by Philip Greely Clifford (1922)
"The State of Maine went'' Hell bent for Governor Kent," thus making the fact of Mr.
... The "Hell bent" should be explained, however, inasmuch as on the ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1914)
"... isolated w-ord or phrase many times, such as " Oh, dear," " Hell and damnation," "
Hell bent for election," etc., or " Once," " Twilight," " Evening. ..."
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