smote
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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I’ve never touched a gun nor smote anything larger than a stink bug.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Like the Boston Red Sox finally beating the Yankees in 2004, Buffalo smote their longtime nemesis in epic fashion.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2022
So went Robert Downey Jr. from the presence of Jimmy Fallon and smote the entire internet with an unwatchable video.
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2018
In which arena rock was smote upside the backside by the punk movement.
From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2016
No wonder since we look it, and once more the humiliation of having nothing, not even a cooking pot, smote at me.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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