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