- Kill or destroy - Strike or hit hard - Strike sharply - To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with
any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand;
as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone. - To cause to strike; to use as an instrument in striking
or hurling. - To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any
kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or
with an arrow or other instrument. - To put to rout in battle; to overthrow by war.
- A weapon - Aboriginal Missile - Boo! Meringue, we hear, has become a weapon! - Returning missile - Throwing stick - A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of
Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of
hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three
inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown
from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable
curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of
throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then
curving upward to a considerable height, and finally taking a
retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was
thrown, or even far in the rear of it.