I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective
1. : stubbornly often recklessly determined : dead set
they are hell-bent to cut taxes again before election — New Republic
hell-bent on having his own way
2. : moving at a reckless speed : going full tilt
wonder if every next turn won't be good-bye after … meeting hell-bent trucks — Alfred Powers
broadly : reckless
hell-bent adventure
3. : moving willfully or speedily on the way to destruction
a hell-bent civilization is about to blow its top — Christopher Morley
II. adverb
also hell-bent for election
: in a hell-bent manner : at full tilt
the 15 … mares raced hell-bent for the first turn — G.F.T.Ryall