Heard on Castle: "=?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=A6_was_=5Fsmited_in_two=5F=22=3B_=22=E2=80=A6_?=was _cleaved in two_" [NT] (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Isn't the past tense of smite "smote"?

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