5
rigid(adjective, tough, severe, firm, harsh)
4
bent on
4
grim(adjective, tough, severe, determined, resolute)
3
bent
3
firm(adjective, tough, severe, harsh, determined)
3
inexorable(adjective, determined, resolute, uncompromising, unshakeable)
3
inflexible(adjective, determined, resolute, uncompromising, unshakeable)
3
intransigent(adjective, determined, resolute, uncompromising, unshakeable)
3
obdurate(adjective, determined, resolute, uncompromising, unshakeable)
3
unbending(adjective, determined, resolute, uncompromising, unshakeable)
3
uncompromising(adjective, determined, resolute, unshakeable)
3
unrelenting(adjective, determined, resolute, uncompromising, unshakeable)
3
unyielding(adjective, determined, resolute, uncompromising, unshakeable)
2
intent on
2
out to
2
resolute(adjective, determined, uncompromising, unshakeable)
1
absolutely
1
adamantine(adjective, determined, resolute, uncompromising, unshakeable)
1
austere(adjective, tough, severe, firm, harsh)
1
authoritarian(adjective, tough, severe, firm, harsh)
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