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[[File:CasSmitingCain.jpg|thumb|right|350px|[[Castiel]] attempts to smite [[Cain]].]]
[[File:MassAngelSmiting.png|thumb|right|350px|The [[angels]] in [[Heaven]] prepare to launch their collective power.]]
Smiting is an ability inherent in all angels, allowing them to kill anything with a single touch. When an angel places their hand on whomever they wish to smite, the being's face becomes consumed with light, leaving their eye-sockets burned out and liquefying their insides. [[Alastair]] was able to deflect Castiel's attempts to smite him in [[4.10 Heaven and Hell]], and due to [[Leviathan]]s predating angels, they appeared to be immune as well.
The [[Host of Heaven]] is able to combine their powers into one single focused blast of energy. Smiting of this magnitude has such power that it can cause fallout which can poison the area for miles. This fallout can negatively effect humans in proximity to ground zero, inducing a [[smiting sickness]], which can lead to death (or , in the case of Lot's wife, transformation into a pillar of salt)which resulted in the creation of [[Lot's Salt]]. Smiting of this magnitude rarely happens on Earth, with the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah being the only known mass smiting before the arrival of [[Amara]].
==Episodes==
===[[6.19 Mommy Dearest]]===
To locate [[Eve]], [[Castiel]] abducts the [[vampire]] [[Lenore]], hoping to use the psychic connection all [[monsters]] have with her. After Lenore tells them of Eve's location, she asks to be killed, telling [[Sam]] and [[Dean]] that Eve's influence and voice are forcing her to feed on living humans. Castiel obliges Lenore's request; as he touches her head a light shines out of her eyes and mouth, causing her face to flame up and killing her.
After Eve is killed by [[Dean]], Castiel regains his nullified powers and smites the diner full of [[Jefferson Starships]].
===[[6.20 The Man Who Would Be King]]===
After Sam, Dean, and [[Bobby]] do a sweep of Ellsworth's cabin and find nothing, they are attacked by demons who give them Crowley's regards, but Castiel soon appears and smites them.
===[[6.21 Let It Bleed]]===
While Dean tortures a demon for information on the location of [[Lisa]] and [[Ben]], he accidentally breaks the devil's trap, allowing the demon to break free of the restraints and attack him. As the demon takes Dean by the throat, Castiel appears and smites the demon.
===[[6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much]]===
===[[9.09 Holy Terror]]===
As prospective [[vessel]]s for [[Bartholomew]], followers gather at a campfire and prepare for their angelic [[possession]]. Followers of [[Malachi]], however, proceed to launch a sneak attack, killing the [[angel]] present while smiting the intended vessels before they could be possessed.
===[[10.14 The Executioner's Song]]===
In their plan to stop Cain, Castiel attempts to smite him. His attempt on Cain is simply shrugged off, with Cain throwing Castiel through the air with a simple gesture.
===[[11.09 O Brother Where Art Thou?]]===
===[[11.11 Into the Mystic]]===
While basking in his newly acquired freedom at a park, Lucifer is noticed by the angel Nithael, who begins pursing pursuing him into the woods. As he is about to attack Lucifer with an [[angel blade]], Lucifer stops him. He tells Nithael that he is the only one that can stop [[the Darkness]]. Unconvinced, Nithael moves to attack Lucifer, who snaps his fingers, blowing Nithael up.
===[[11.18 Hell's Angel]]===
In the corridors of Heaven, the [[angel]] [[Jofiel]] is checking the doors when he suddenly comes face to face with [[Lucifer]]. While Jofiel is panicked, Lucifer attempts to calm him by telling him he only wants to help. But as Jofiel begins to yell out for other angels, Lucifer snaps his fingers, disintegrating Jofiel into black smoke.
===[[11.22 We Happy Few]]===
While discussing how to defeat [[Amara]] with [[God]] and [[Lucifer]], Dean remembers that the angel's mass-smiting actually hurt Amara. As a result, Lucifer and [[Castiel]] recruit the angels to perform another mass-smiting to help defeat her. After five [[witch]]es hit Amara with a magical attack, [[Heaven]] sends down another blast which Amara once again takes without resistance. Though not having an effect on her to the same degree as the first time, Amara is weakened by the blast, allowing a horde of [[demon]]s to attack and a strike by Lucifer with his spear to defeat her.
[[File:Lily-Smiting.png|thumb|right|350px|[[Lily Sunder]] survives an angel smiting.]]
===[[12.10 Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets]]===
===[[13.12 Various & Sundry Villains]]===
After escaping his cell with [[Lucifer]]'s help, [[Castiel]] smites the demon [[Dipper]].
===[[13.14 Good Intentions]]===
To prevent [[Zachariah (Apocalypse World)|Zachariah]] from killing [[Mary Winchester]], [[Jack]] hits Zachariah with a blast of celestial energy which causes him to disintegrate. He then does this to three other angels who are about to dive bomb into the area, causing them to explode in the sky's above.
===[[13.18 Bring 'em Back Alive]]===
[[File:Dean-Smited.png|thumb|right|350px|[[Lucifer]] attempts to smite [[Dean]] and [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]].]]
In Apocalypse World, three hooded humans are brought to a bridge to be executed for high crimes of fomenting rebellion against the [[archangel]] [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]]. An angel removes the hood from the first person, revealing a woman, and places his hand on her head, filling her with light and killing her. The angel repeats the same process for the next prisoner, a man. Upon reaching the final prisoner, the angels find that she is [[Charlie Bradbury (Apocalypse World)|Charlie Bradbury]], a member of the human resistance's inner circle, and she is taken away for questioning.
In the [[Men of Letters Bunker]], [[Asmodeus]] leads a small demon incursion to reacquire [[Gabriel]], and in the ensuing fights with [[Sam]] and Castiel, Castiel smites a demon before it can kill Sam.
===[[13.23 Let the Good Times Roll]]===
While battling Dean who is now the [[vessel]] of the [[Apocalypse World]] [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]], the super-charged Lucifer claims that he doesn't need a weapon to end Dean who is in control while Michael is powering him. Lucifer attempts to smite Dean as Sam tosses Dean an [[archangel blade]]. The smiting fails to kill Dean, who takes advantage of the moment of distraction to stab Lucifer in the heart with the archangel blade, killing him.
===[[14.02 Gods and Monsters]]===
After using [[Lydia Crawford]] to bait [[Sam]], [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]] pays a visit to Lydia, who is packing a bag. He reveals to Lydia that he let her escape, telling her you can't have a trap without bait and that once the trap has been sprung you don't need the bait before his eyes glow blue and he smites her with a thought.
[[File:BlastSite-1418.png|thumb|right|350px|The site of [[Mary Winchester]]'s death.]]
===[[14.14 Ouroboros]]===
After escaping from [[Dean]]'s body, [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Michael]] (in the body of [[Rowena]]) smites [[Maggie (Apocalypse World)|Maggie]] from a distance with just a thought while Maggie is standing right in front of [[Sam]].
===[[14.18 Absence]]===
Jack inadvertently smites Mary Winchester, leaving nothing behind but ash and a large blast site.
===[[14.20 Moriah]]===
After Dean refuses to kill [[Jack Kline]] with [[the Equalizer]], [[Chuck]] smites him in a similar manner to an angel smiting with just a snap of his fingers. Jack is left with his eyes burned out, surrounded by the imprints of his wings.
===[[15.01 Back and to the Future]]===
During the fight with the [[zombies]], [[Castiel]] jettisons two of the [[Hell Ghosts]] by smiting. While hiding, Dean suggests Castiel just smite their way out, but he tells Dean that he is too outnumbered for that to work.
After [[Belphegor]] takes possession of [[Jack]]'s body, he is forced to wear sunglasses to blend in, as Jack's eyes remain burned out from God's smiting.
===[[15.03 The Rupture]]===
After [[Belphegor]] is revealed to have betrayed them, [[Castiel]] kills the demon by smiting. Smiting Belphegor causes [[Jack]]'s corpse to be burned into a charred skeleton. [[Lilith's Crook]] is destroyed in the process.
===[[15.08 Our Father, Who Aren't in Heaven]]===
When [[Lilith]] refuses to leave him alone, [[Michael]] smites her with just a flash of his eyes, causing the demon to disappear in a flash of white light, leaving only a pile of black ash behind.
===[[15.19 Inherit the Earth]]===
Enraged by [[Michael]]'s earlier betrayal, [[God]] smites the [[archangel]], causing him to glow from the inside before exploding in a wave of energy.
==See also==
* [[Smiting Sickness]]
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