smite
verb (used with object)
to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon.
had smitten
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past perfectof smite.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Meantime in Memphis, Tenn., Federal Judge Harry Bennett Anderson had smitten the Lumber Code's price-fixing provision a stunning blow between the eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
He still had enemies, but he had smitten the big ones hip & thigh.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was in my own room as usual—just myself, without obvious change: nothing had smitten me, or scathed me, or maimed me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines.
From Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students by Soares, Theodore Gerald
She could not welcome the touch of a hand that had smitten happiness out of her life.
From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Stockley, Cynthia
