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: December 5, 2023
\SMYTE\ verb
What It Means
Smite means “to hit someone or something very hard.” Other uses of the word include “to severely injure, kill, or attack someone” (as in “smitten by disease”) and “to captivate or take” (as in “smitten by her beauty”).
// He smote the ball mightily, which helped us win the game.
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