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
It was undoubtedly a passion that had smitten him, but that passion was hallowed by the unselfish feelings of a profound affection.
From Cynthia Wakeham's Money by Anna Katharine Green
Ruth stood alone under the shadow of the trees, white as a ghost, and rendered desperate by words that had smitten her into insensibility.
From Norston's Rest by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
