smiting Definition

smite
verb smote (past tense), smitten (past participle), smiting (present participle)

literary:
1. To strike or beat with a heavy blow or blows.
2. To kill.
3. To afflict.
4. To cause someone to fall immediately and overpoweringly in love.

Example: He could not fail to be smitten by such beauty
intr
5. To come suddenly and forcefully.

Example: The king's authority smote down on him

Derivative: smiter
noun

Derivative: smitten
adj

In love; obsessed.
Thesaurus: struck, infatuated, charmed, captivated, beguiled, bewitched, swept off one's feet (slang).

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon smitan to smear.