Difference between attack and smite
Definitions
noun
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- intense adverse criticism
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
verb
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
- take the initiative and go on the offensive
- begin to injure
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
- attack someone physically or emotionally
Examples
Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.
So far, only a couple of the trees (literally two) have been found to be successful in fending off beetle attacks, using chemical and physical responses similar to those in lower-elevation tree species, such as lodgepole pine and Douglas fir.
Foam attack: Thieves broke into vending machines at Teesdale's new sports centre at Barnard Castle to steal ￡100 cash.
Definitions
verb
- inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
- affect suddenly with deep feeling
- cause physical pain or suffering in
Examples
He became the icon that God had to smite to be able to save us, and suddenly the Lamb of God was smitten!
He was planning to smite his enemies and didn't want to do it on the Sabbath.
Amidst all that humbles and scathes; amidst all that shatters from their life its verdure, smites to the dust the pomp and summit of their pride, and in the very heart of existence writeth a sudden and "strange defeature," -- they stand erect, -- riven, not uprooted, -- a monument less of pity than of awe!
