Smiting

Smiting is an ability where a being kills another being by touching them.

Angels can inherently smite demons, monsters and humans. According to Dean, it was like riding a bicycle. Once learnt, one would remember it for life. Archangels and seraphs can smite any demon and kill it instantly, but, for regular angels, if they're physically or too mentally weak it will not work and they will only able to smite black-eyed demons but not high-tier ones, such as Alastair. An angel also cannot smite a demon not possessing a vessel. If a demon has been smote, the vessel's eyes light up with a white holy light, burning the eyes and killing the demon.

Another form of this smiting is displayed by Special Child Sam Winchester multiple times, most notably on Lilith and Alastair, only after drinking much demon blood. This demonic version seems to make the demon glow with yellow light that illuminates the skeleton - similar to the Colt and the demon-killing knife - then the demon and vessel die.

The demon Cain displayed a similar power except the light was red instead of white and could apparently kill all but the Knights of Hell.

When a Knight of Hell is killed with The First Blade, they die with an effect similar to a smiting as shown when Abaddon was killed in King of the Damned.

Beings with this ability

 * Archangels
 * Seraphs
 * Angels
 * Rit Zien
 * Cain

Appearances

 * Season 4
 * Lazarus Rising (Offscreeen)
 * Heaven and Hell (First appearance)
 * The Rapture
 * Season 5
 * Abandon All Hope (Attempted)
 * Season 6
 * The French Mistake (Attempted)
 * Mommy Dearest
 * The Man Who Would Be King
 * The Man Who Knew Too Much (Attempted)
 * Season 7
 * The Born-Again Identity
 * Season 8
 * Blood Brother
 * A Little Slice of Kevin
 * Season 9
 * Heaven Can't Wait (Rit Zien Smiting)
 * Holy Terror
 * First Born (Demonic Smiting)