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User_gary Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Resilient enemy bent on

It will take time to ultimately defeat al-Qaeda and it remains a ruthless and resilient enemy bent on attacking our country," Obama said. "But make no mistake. We are going to remain relentless in disrupting and dismantling that terrorist organization."

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resilient: able to take damage and keep going. bent on: determined to.

  • resilient: able to take damage and keep going.
  • bent on: determined to.
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resilient: able to take damage and keep going.

bent on: determined to.

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