To smite is defined as to strike, hit or damage by hitting with force.
(verb)An example of to smite is for a lightning bolt to knock down a tree.
See smite in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb smote, smitten or smote, smiting
Origin: ME smiten < OE smitan, akin to Ger schmeissen, to throw < IE base *smē-, to smear, smear on, stroke on
intransitive verb
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See smite in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb smote smote (smōt), smit·ten (smĭtˈn) or smote, smit·ing, smites verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English smiten
Origin: , from Old English smītan, to smear
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