smite (v.)
- affect
- agonize
- bang
- bash
- baste
- bastinado
- bat
- beat
- belabor
- belt
- biff
- birch
- bonk
- buffet
- cane
- catch
- clap
- clip
- clobber
- clout
- club
- clump
- coldcock
- cowhide
- crack
- crucify
- cudgel
- cut
- dash
- deal
- deck
- ding
- drub
- excruciate
- fetch
- flagellate
- flail
- flog
- fustigate
- harrow
- hit
- horsewhip
- impress
- jab
- knock
- lace
- lash
- martyr
- paste
- pistol-whip
- plunk
- poke
- pommel
- pummel
- punch
- rock
- scourge
- slam
- slog
- slosh
- slug
- smack
- snap
- soak
- sock
- spank
- strap
- strike
- stripe
- swat
- swinge
- swipe
- switch
- tell
- thrash
- thump
- thwack
- torment
- torture
- traumatize
- trounce
- try
- wallop
- whack
- whale
- wham
- whip
- whop
The childhood shows the man,
As morning shows the day.