Usually means: Determinedly and recklessly pursuing something.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. hellbent: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Hellbent, hellbent: Wordnik
  3. hellbent: Wiktionary
  4. hellbent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. hellbent: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. hellbent: Dictionary.com
  7. Hellbent (band), Hellbent (film), Hellbent (novel), Hellbent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. hellbent: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hellbent: Legal dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hellbent: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. hellbent: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Hellbent)

adjective:  Alternative spelling of hell-bent [(originally US, informal) Recklessly determined to do or achieve (something). [with on ‘something’]]

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