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Then Satyaki, filled with rage in that battle, cut off the bow of Drona's son, that great smiter, with a sharp crescent-shaped arrow and uttered a loud roar.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

"All nature cries aloud, 'Shall man do less than heal the smiter, and the railer bless?'"

From The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ by Graves, Kersey

Let us not provoke the smiter, lest he draw his sword against us, and have law and reason on his side.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John

Fearlessly, O king, that hero, that smiter of foes, rushed with speed against the elephant.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

The two new batsmen were the opposing captain, one Hewett, a smiter of uncompromising severity, and a somewhat amorphous and pimply youth, destitute of nerves, who was commonly addressed as "Scrabbler."

From "Pip" A Romance of Youth by Hay, Ian