Bent and Strain

Bent

Bent noun - A habitual attraction to some activity or thing.

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Strain and bent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Strain" instead a noun "Bent".

Nearby Word: bend

Strain noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.

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Bent and strain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bent" instead a noun "Strain".

Nearby Words: strained, straining, strainer

natural	natural bent	natural strain
certain	certain bent	certain strain
heavy	heavy bent	heavy strain
strong	strong bent	strong strain
Other adjectives: serious, psychic.

Only the random fluke that a particular strain of the blacklight virus that thinks is Alex Mercer is not bent on destroying all humans (though it is an unrepentant murderer, it doesn't want to destroy the city) makes them villains.

Source: Armies Are Evil aka: The Evil Army
The Strain is basically the the Zerg, the Tyranids, or your stereotypical alien scourge hell bent on "perfection" and assimilation of choice.

Source: Video Game / WildStar
Thomas Radecki, home-brewed theologist of Fundamentalist Christian strain bent on "investigating" Satanism and what he called "research".

Source: Moral Guardians aka: Moral Guardian

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