| VERB | contact | smite | inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon |
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| emotion | smite | affect suddenly with deep feeling | |
| change | smite, afflict | cause physical pain or suffering in |
| Meaning | inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The fighter managed to smite his opponent | |
| Broader | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
| Meaning | affect suddenly with deep feeling. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Broader | affect, impress, move, strike | Have an emotional or cognitive impact / impact upon |
| Meaning | Cause physical pain or suffering in. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | afflict | |
| Narrower | blight, plague | Cause to suffer a blight |
| visit | assail | |
| Broader | damage | inflict damage / damage upon |
| Spanish | afligir | |
| Catalan | afligir | |
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