Today’s “Word of the Day” is “hell-bent” and it is an adjective meaning “determined, resolute, firm, single-minded, adamant, insistent, resolved, fixated about“.
Example Sentence: With the events of the pandemic reinforcing the importance of basic human rights protections in people’s minds, it’s extremely worrying that the government is apparently still hell-bent on tinkering (playing) with or diluting this vital piece of legislation.
This word is present in The Guardian article The government is hell-bent on diluting the Human Rights Act. We must protect it and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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