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Synonyms
smite (smīt)

[Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan, to smear.]

verb: smote (smōt), smit·ten (smĭt́n) or smote, smit·ing, smites. 

transitive verb 

    1. To inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
    2. To drive or strike (a weapon, for example) forcefully onto or into something else.
  2. To attack, damage, or destroy by or as if by blows.
    1. To afflict: The population was smitten by the plague.
    2. To afflict retributively; chasten or chastise.
  4. To affect sharply with great feeling: He was smitten by deep remorse.

intransitive verb 

To deal a blow with or as if with the hand or a hand-held weapon.

derivatives

smit́er
noun