smite
verb (used with object)
to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon.
are smiting
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present progressiveof smite.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In the air? they descend; they are smiting, Hewing, chopping--At what?
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2011
In the air? they descend; they are smiting, Hewing, chopping—At what?
From Amours De Voyage by Clough, Arthur Hugh
“Our consciences are smiting us for being so reckless, and we’re making up our minds to be more careful in future.”
From Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills by Groome, William H. C.
