they had determined
-avaient déterminé
Past perfect they conjugation of determine.

determine

Only those who had not met him feared him, and he was hated only by those who regarded him as the champion of that truth which was destined to overthrow the evil and error which they had determined to hold in their hearts at all cost.
Seuls le craignaient ceux qui ne l'avaient jamais rencontré, et seuls le haïssaient ceux qui le considéraient comme le champion d'une vérité destinée à détruire le mal et l'erreur qu'ils avaient décidé de maintenir à tout prix dans leur coeur.
Only those who had not met him feared him, and he was hated only by those who regarded him as the champion of that truth which was destined to overthrow the evil and error which they had determined to hold in their hearts at all cost.
Seuls le craignaient ceux qui ne l’avaient jamais rencontré, et seuls le haïssaient ceux qui le considéraient comme le champion d’une vérité destinée à détruire le mal et l’erreur qu’ils avaient décidé de maintenir à tout prix dans leur cœur.
They had determined their own destruction.
Ils s'étaient rendus responsables de leur propre destruction.
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