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
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
Johnson, the Hall of Famer, famously smote a bird in flight with a spring training pitch in 2001.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2017
In which arena rock was smote upside the backside by the punk movement.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2016
At that moment Gandalf lifted his staff, and crying aloud he smote the bridge before him.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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