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   smite

   /smʌɪt/

   verb

   • 1. strike with a firm blow: literary "he smites the water with his sword"
   • ▪ defeat or conquer (a people or land): archaic "he may smite our enemies"
   • ▪ (especially of disease) attack or affect severely: "various people had been smitten with untimely summer flu"
   • 2. be strongly attracted to someone or something: "she was smitten with the boy"

   noun

   • 1. a heavy blow or stroke with a weapon or the hand: archaic "the kirk rang with slaps and smites"

   Word Origin Old Englishsmītan ‘to smear, blemish’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch smijten and German schmeissen ‘to fling’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. smiter noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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