transitive. Of lightning, fire, etc.: to strike (a person or thing) causing injury, damage, or death; to destroy; to blast. Now archaic.

To bring suffering or death upon (a person, etc.) as with a blow; to afflict suddenly (with, by sickness, infirmity, death), esp. as a punishment…

transitive. To blow or breathe on balefully or perniciously; to wither, shrivel, or arrest vegetation; to blight. Said of a malignant wind…

To cause (a material thing) to rot or decay; to cause to deteriorate, esp. as the result of exposure… transitive. In active use with object.

transitive (literal). To strike with ‘thunder’ or lightning (cf. thunder, n. 1b). ? Obsolete.

transitive. To blast or strike, as with lightning; to afflict with paralysis or other sudden physical disorder. In extended use: to seize with…

with complement to strike dead, blind.