smite
verb (used with object)
to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon.
smiter
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a word derived from
smite.
Example Sentences
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When their goods are taken away you condemn the taker; when they are smitten on one cheek you punish the smiter.
From Where There is Nothing Being Volume I of Plays for an Irish Theatre by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
We may be told to do so," he said, "and we are told to turn the other cheek to the smiter.
From The Land of Strong Men by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
And the Englishman stands between the miserable wretch and his smiter.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
On the Smith side the bank cashier's forebears had been plodding farmers, but old John Montague had been the village blacksmith and a soldier—a shrewd smiter in both trades.
From The Real Man by Francis Lynde
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 Kisari Mohan Ganguli
