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smote

American  
[smoht] / smoʊt /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of smite.

smote British  
/ sməʊt /

verb

  1. the past tense of smite

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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

But a breath smote my face at the last door like a blast from a furnace, and there I fell down dumb.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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