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Meaning of Smiting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

The act of one who smites.

Equivalents

العربية الضّرب

Examples

“How can I revoke that decision made in consultation with my ministers and friends desiring my welfare, causing confusion, as the sudden smiting of an army by the enemy.”
“Two were the smitings of Governor Grey.”
“In very early times each year was named after some important event in it, e.g., “The year of the first smiting of the East,” and was at the same time connected with the reigning king.”
“His end in smiting was to bring your heart nearer to him, by removing what estranged it.”
“When her sisters talked about the Bible it was all the Sermon on the Mount and the Song of Solomon, Proverbs and Psalms; never smitings and plagues.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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