Smote

verb

/sməʊt/

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.verbTo hit, to strike.

2.verbTo strike down or kill with godly force.

3.verbTo injure with divine power.

4.verbTo put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.

5.verbTo afflict; to chasten; to punish.

6.verb(now only in passive) To strike with love or infatuation.

"Bob was smitten with Laura from the first time he saw her."

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