Smite
verb
To hit something or someone extremely hard.
David smote the giant with a single stone.
Often appears as...
- smite down
- smite someone
verb
To affect something or someone very badly.
The region was smitten with a severe drought.
Often appears as...
- smite with disease
- smite with disaster
verb
To fall in love with someone strongly and suddenly.
He was smitten by her beauty at the first sight.
Often appears as...
- be smitten with
- smitten by love
verb
Making someone feel a deep emotional attraction to someone.
She felt smitten at his charismatic personality.
Often appears as...
- feel smitten
- be smitten by
verb
To hit something or someone extremely hard.
David smote the giant with a single stone.
Often appears as...
- smite down
- smite someone
verb
To affect something or someone very badly.
The region was smitten with a severe drought.
Often appears as...
- smite with disease
- smite with disaster
verb
To fall in love with someone strongly and suddenly.
He was smitten by her beauty at the first sight.
Often appears as...
- be smitten with
- smitten by love
verb
Making someone feel a deep emotional attraction to someone.
She felt smitten at his charismatic personality.
Often appears as...
- feel smitten
- be smitten by
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Old Testament
Used in biblical context, representing divine punishment or forceful action.
And God smote the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity
Emphasizes the strength of the impact, more forceful than a simple hit.
The boxer smote his opponent with a devastating uppercut.
Pro Tip 3/3Decisive Action
Implies a conclusive or decisive action, often to end a conflict.
The hero smote the dragon, ending its reign of terror.
Pro Tip 1/3Old Testament
Used in biblical context, representing divine punishment or forceful action.
And God smote the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity
Emphasizes the strength of the impact, more forceful than a simple hit.
The boxer smote his opponent with a devastating uppercut.
Pro Tip 3/3Decisive Action
Implies a conclusive or decisive action, often to end a conflict.
The hero smote the dragon, ending its reign of terror.
Pro Tip 1/3Old Testament
Used in biblical context, representing divine punishment or forceful action.
And God smote the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity
Emphasizes the strength of the impact, more forceful than a simple hit.
The boxer smote his opponent with a devastating uppercut.
Pro Tip 3/3Decisive Action
Implies a conclusive or decisive action, often to end a conflict.
The hero smote the dragon, ending its reign of terror.
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How yarn bombing grew...
and scratch their heads and stare at it, and take pictures of it and take pictures next to it, and all of that was really exciting to me and I wanted to do every stop sign pole in the neighborhood. And the more that I did, the stronger the reaction. So at this point I'm smitten. I'm hooked. This was all seductive. I found my new passion
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Why do we cry? The three...
an oily outer film that keeps the surface smooth for Iris to see through, and prevents the other layers from evaporating. Normally, Iris goes about her day without really noticing the basal tears doing their thing. That's kind of their whole point. But one day, she meets a girl named Onion. Iris is immediately smitten.
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Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
which is going to be vitally important the longer that there's no alarm call in this immediate vicinity the better it is for her to be able to keep it or the longer she'll be able to keep it oh she got herself a rib i'm going to last long well done girl she looks quite smitten with herself doesn't she
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Unintended consequences...
all about typesetting really was was smitten by this machine unfortunately he was smitten in more ways than one because it made him bankrupt and he had to tour the world speaking to to recoup his money and this was an important thing about 19th century technology that
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How craving attention...
And she was beautiful, and she could sing, and I was smitten with her, and I was standing there, bragging. And she turned to me and she called me a show-off. Which I 100 percent deserved. But you know, it still really hurt. And ever since that summer,
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Connected, but alone? -...
that a conversation about where our current use of technology may be taking us us what it might be costing us we're smitten with technology and we're afraid like young lovers the too much talking might spoil the romance but it's
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The tiny creature that...
that I became so smitten by these little cells that I redirected my entire lab to study them and nothing else, and my loyalty to them has really paid off. They've given me a tremendous amount, including bringing me here.
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Edward Tenner:...
really was smitten by this machine. Unfortunately, he was smitten in more ways than one, because it made him bankrupt, and he had to tour the world speaking to recoup his money. And this was an important thing
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Connected, but alone? PIPE...
reflection and, more than that, a conversation about where our current use of technology may be taking us, what it might be costing us. We're smitten with technology. And we're afraid, like young lovers,
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Context determines...
Africa is a symbol of the Sun and a symbol of the moon and if you sit on it it simply says the Sun shall not smite you by day nor the moon by night so these are the things these are parts of
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How yarn bombing grew...
and scratch their heads and stare at it, and take pictures of it and take pictures next to it, and all of that was really exciting to me and I wanted to do every stop sign pole in the neighborhood. And the more that I did, the stronger the reaction. So at this point I'm smitten. I'm hooked. This was all seductive. I found my new passion
Video examples
Why do we cry? The three...
an oily outer film that keeps the surface smooth for Iris to see through, and prevents the other layers from evaporating. Normally, Iris goes about her day without really noticing the basal tears doing their thing. That's kind of their whole point. But one day, she meets a girl named Onion. Iris is immediately smitten.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
which is going to be vitally important the longer that there's no alarm call in this immediate vicinity the better it is for her to be able to keep it or the longer she'll be able to keep it oh she got herself a rib i'm going to last long well done girl she looks quite smitten with herself doesn't she
Video examples
Unintended consequences...
all about typesetting really was was smitten by this machine unfortunately he was smitten in more ways than one because it made him bankrupt and he had to tour the world speaking to to recoup his money and this was an important thing about 19th century technology that
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How craving attention...
And she was beautiful, and she could sing, and I was smitten with her, and I was standing there, bragging. And she turned to me and she called me a show-off. Which I 100 percent deserved. But you know, it still really hurt. And ever since that summer,
Video examples
Connected, but alone? -...
that a conversation about where our current use of technology may be taking us us what it might be costing us we're smitten with technology and we're afraid like young lovers the too much talking might spoil the romance but it's
Video examples
The tiny creature that...
that I became so smitten by these little cells that I redirected my entire lab to study them and nothing else, and my loyalty to them has really paid off. They've given me a tremendous amount, including bringing me here.
Video examples
Edward Tenner:...
really was smitten by this machine. Unfortunately, he was smitten in more ways than one, because it made him bankrupt, and he had to tour the world speaking to recoup his money. And this was an important thing
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Connected, but alone? PIPE...
reflection and, more than that, a conversation about where our current use of technology may be taking us, what it might be costing us. We're smitten with technology. And we're afraid, like young lovers,
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Context determines...
Africa is a symbol of the Sun and a symbol of the moon and if you sit on it it simply says the Sun shall not smite you by day nor the moon by night so these are the things these are parts of
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Frederick William Faber
British Theologian
Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song, which had lost its way and come on Earth, and sang on undyingly, smiting the hearts of men with sweetest wounds, and putting for the while an angel's nature into us.
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Mauro Ranallo
Canadian Entertainer
For me, at a very young age, I knew I wanted to be in the entertainment industry; I wanted to be an announcer. I was very smitten at an early age with the voice I heard coming from a radio.
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Harry Mathews
American Author
I was immediately smitten with an attraction to this culture, not in the sense of high culture but of the basic way people behaved towards one another.
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Isoroku Yamamoto
Japanese Admiral
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.
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Sherlyn Chopra
Girls are smitten by guys who pay attention to the simple things in life which are mostly the small things that we tend to ignore.
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Bradley Chicho
English Poet
Declare this smite time, extracting precious gems and wholly hours you share to fruitcake a friend so dear.
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Max Muller
German Educator
It smote me to the heart that I had found no one in all the world who loved me more than all others.
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Carl Sandburg
American Poet
Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her.
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David Otunga
American Wrestler
When I look someone in the eye, they are immediately smitten with me.
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Satish Kaushik
Indian Director
I was always smitten by the mainstream Hindi commercial cinema.
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Frederick William Faber
British Theologian
Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song, which had lost its way and come on Earth, and sang on undyingly, smiting the hearts of men with sweetest wounds, and putting for the while an angel's nature into us.
Quote examples
Mauro Ranallo
Canadian Entertainer
For me, at a very young age, I knew I wanted to be in the entertainment industry; I wanted to be an announcer. I was very smitten at an early age with the voice I heard coming from a radio.
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Harry Mathews
American Author
I was immediately smitten with an attraction to this culture, not in the sense of high culture but of the basic way people behaved towards one another.
Quote examples
Isoroku Yamamoto
Japanese Admiral
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.
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Sherlyn Chopra
Girls are smitten by guys who pay attention to the simple things in life which are mostly the small things that we tend to ignore.
Quote examples
Bradley Chicho
English Poet
Declare this smite time, extracting precious gems and wholly hours you share to fruitcake a friend so dear.
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Max Muller
German Educator
It smote me to the heart that I had found no one in all the world who loved me more than all others.
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Carl Sandburg
American Poet
Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her.
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David Otunga
American Wrestler
When I look someone in the eye, they are immediately smitten with me.
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Satish Kaushik
Indian Director
I was always smitten by the mainstream Hindi commercial cinema.
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