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Smiting foes wherever they may be has a firm place in mythology, literature and history.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2021

"All grim and soiled, and brown with tan, I saw a Strong One, in his wrath, Smiting the godless shrines of man Along his path."

From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane

The Smiting Thing rocked toward us, the metal tentacle straining out like a rigid, racing serpent, flying to cut between its weird mistress and those who menaced her.

From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham

Sometimes I see you in a shaft of light Smiting the mists of valleys where I call, Dividing them as with a two-edged sword Swung by an angel!

From The Piper and the Reed by Norwood, Robert W.

And the world was filled with spheric fire From the palpitant chords of many a lyre, As out of the East the Moonmen came Smiting their harps of silver and flame.

From Shapes and Shadows by Cawein, Madison J.