to smite

Examples

• All

• I'll smite the dragon with it!

  The King of Kings (2025)

• If I smite him on one cheek, the old rat will have no chance to turn the other.

  Quo Vadis (1951)

• You want us to smite him?

  The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

• How could I smite you?

  Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

• At any moment, he could raise his sword and smite me: "Who killed my papa?"

  Fiction book (1994)

• It's a classic image: St. Michael smiting the Devil.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I'm going home before I smite someone," Bennie said.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Knights and nobles who will not smite the heathen have no value.

  Fiction book (2002)

• With them in spirit, we also go forth from the sweet peace of our beloved firesides to smite the foe.

  Academic text (2000)

• And Phil is seized by righteous anger and great wrath, and he smites his enemy right there by the American Airlines First Class check-in desk.

  Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

H

to hit

vsto smite

∞ 1.0

To strike someone or something with force

is a specific heavy blow usually done with hand tool or weapon

P

to punch

vsto smite

455 1.4

To hit someone or something quickly with a closed fist

is a heavier single strike that can use implements

H

to hammer

vsto smite

198 1.6

To hit something many times to shape or flatten it

is usually a single heavy blow rather than repeated shaping strikes

S

to smack

vsto smite

164 3.5

To hit someone or something with an open hand

is a heavier strike that may involve tools or weapons

B

to bash

vsto smite

• NSFW

73 2.9

To hit someone or something very hard

is more focused on a single heavy blow than general force

B

to bludgeon

vsto smite

• NSFW

23 8.8

To hit someone repeatedly with a heavy stick or club

is usually a single heavy blow rather than repeated battering

S

to strike hard

vsto smite

3 3.7

Hit someone or something very hard

is a heavy blow often with a hand tool or weapon

S

to sledgehammer

vsto smite

1 7.2

To hit something very hard with a large heavy tool with a long handle

is the general idea of a heavy blow not tied to one tool

C

to clout

vsto smite

• Informal

1 7.4

To hit someone or something hard with the fist

is similar but can use a tool or weapon rather than only fist

B

to baste

vsto smite

• Offensive

1 9.5

To hit someone repeatedly and very hard

is often a single powerful strike rather than repeated hits

S

to sledge

vsto smite

7.9

To hit something hard with a heavy hammer that has a long handle

is the broader heavy striking action beyond that specific tool

Antonyms

P

to protect

∞ 1.0

To keep someone or something safe from harm

D

to defend

∞ 1.3

To protect people and things from attack or harm

How Hard

to crush

401 1.6

to bludgeon

• NSFW

23 8.8

to smite

• Archaic

13 9.8

to strike

553 2.4

tap

66 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology