Bent on
Set
Set adjective - Fully committed to achieving a goal.
Usage example: set on being the first in her family to graduate from college
Bent on and set are semantically related in determined to topic. You can use "Bent on" instead an adjective "Set".
Both terms in one sentence
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The Plucky Comic Relief is usually bent on getting into humorous situations and can be set as an alternative to the Kid-Appeal Character or sometimes overlapping with The Big Guy.
Source: Franchise / Super Sentai -
GEOWeasel seems to be set in the weird New Jersey, attracting sentient brains, evil villains bent on world domination and computer viruses infecting the non-virtual world.
Source: Joisey -
A standard form of Taking You with Me and Video Game Cruelty Punishment, many who are set alight become...well, hell bent on setting anyone and anything on fire as well.
Source: Infernal Retaliation
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