smiter


smite

S0495400 (smīt)v. smote (smōt), smit·ten (smĭt′n) or smote, smit·ing, smites v.tr.1. a. To inflict a heavy blow on, with or as if with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.b. To drive or strike (a weapon, for example) forcefully onto or into something else.2. To attack, damage, or destroy by or as if by blows.3. a. To afflict: The population was smitten by the plague.b. To afflict retributively; chasten or chastise.4. To affect sharply with great feeling: He was smitten by deep remorse.v.intr. To deal a blow with or as if with the hand or a handheld weapon.
[Middle English smiten, from Old English smītan, to smear.]
smit′er n.