Eager
Headlong
Headlong adjective - Acting or done with excessive or careless speed.
Both words in one sentence
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Leeroy Jenkins: Seen on both sides of the fight, as some of the soldiers seem a bit too eager to rush headlong into combat.
Source: Film / We Were Soldiers -
To be more specific, in the original Alex Mercer was an anti-heroic jerkass; blunt and eager to charge headlong into combat.
Source: Discontinuity / Video Games
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Headlong and Eager. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/eager/headlong
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Headlong or Eager. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/eager/headlong.
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