smite
- v inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
- v affect suddenly with deep feeling
- v cause physical pain or suffering in
- Forces of the recording industry feared for their bottom line, and they did smite Napster with every legal means at their disposal.
- The new president is a man of great integrity, with no patience for mediocrity and with relentless urge to smite his opponents.
- Now, with the middle class again feeling squeezed out of the American Dream, Florida's effort to smite spiraling property levies could influence a new generation of revenue rebels.