1.HIT old use to hit something with a lot of force 猛打,重击
2.biblicalDESTROY to destroy, attack, or punish someone 摧毁;袭击;惩罚
Examples from the Corpus
smite• The trees are splintered, crushed, and broken, as if smitten by thunderbolts.• She waited for realisation, for pain to smite her.• Then, without warning, a tremendous blast smote the city, knocking pedestrians to the ground.