Quote Originally Posted by Ronald_saveloy

In the last comic, Thor used the verb "to smite" too. I translated it as "zerschmettern", but this isn't a really literal translation (LEO.org proposes: befallen, quälen, peinigen, schlagen, totschlagen). In regard of the punchline, your translation is good.
I think a suitably archaic and theatrical term is "niederstrecken".