- Kill or destroy - Strike down - 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.