Smote

The past tense of 'smite,' meaning to strike or hit forcefully, often with a hand, weapon, or other instrument. It can also metaphorically describe a sudden and powerful impact or influence. The action implies a significant and often destructive force, either physical or abstract. Figuratively, it can relate to the experience of being powerfully affected by an emotion, idea, or event. Often, the action is completed quickly, and with decisiveness. It can imply justice, punishment, or merely the application of brute strength. smote suggests a direct, immediate, and potentially overwhelming action or reaction.

Smote meaning with examples

• The knight, enraged by the dragon's insults, smote the beast with his gleaming sword. The blow connected with a deafening clang, sending sparks into the cavern's air. He had waited for the correct moment and struck with precision, leaving the dragon injured and scrambling to regroup after being smote so fiercely.
• A wave of grief smote her after she received the news, leaving her speechless. It was an immediate emotional response to the pain that seemed to leave her frozen in place, she had always struggled to process her own deep feelings after being smote.
• The plague smote the village with cruel efficiency, leaving few survivors. The disease spread quickly, destroying lives as it spread through the community, causing a horrific loss. There was little that the residents could do to stop the disease after it smote.
• The old wizard, angered by the thief's actions, smote him with a bolt of lightning. The thief, unable to get away in time, felt the full force and was struck down with a single blast. No one doubted that the thief would be smote for his actions.
• A sudden realization smote him when he reviewed his mistakes; all his choices had been wrong. Suddenly, all his previous failures became clear and apparent. His regret and anguish seemed to hit him as soon as he was smote by this realization.