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抑えきれぬ殺意に身を炊き続けるもの.

I know it means that someone has an uncontrollable intent to kill simmering within him but I'm not sure what the tsudzukeru means here

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  • Did you look it up in a dictionary?
    – jogloran
    Oct 3, 2022 at 5:41
  • I know it means to continue but I don't understand it in this sentence
    – user21884
    Oct 3, 2022 at 6:20
  • Isn't 炊き続ける a typo for 焼き続ける?
    – sundowner
    Oct 3, 2022 at 8:48

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This construction [V ます-stem]-続ける expresses the idea of “to continue to V” or “to continue V-ing”. The verb in this case is 炊く. Whatever is referred to by もの continues to burn or boil the body.

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