Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Smite
Smiting like a cry.
—Mathilde Blind
Smites it as acid smites the red rust.
—Samuel Hoffenstein
Smote him like a judgment from above.
—James Montgomery
Smiteth as a staff.
—Martin Farquhar Tupper
Smote on my ears like a tocsin.
—Thomas Westwood