smite, dash in pieces, ( Hom. only in compds. ἀπαράσσω, συναράσσω); of any violent impact, with collat. notion of rattling, clanging, as of horses, ὁπλαῖς ἀ. χθόνα Pi. l.c.; ἄρασσε (sc. πύλας) knock at the door, E. Hec. 1044; τὴν θύραν Ar. Ec. 978, cf. Theoc. 2.6 ( Pass., of the door, open with a crash, Luc. DMeretr. 15.2); pound in a mortar, ὅλμῳ ἀ. Nic. Th. 508; ἀράσσειν στέρνα, κρᾶτα, beat the breasts, the head, in mourning, A. Pers. 1054 (lyr.), E. Tr. 279 (lyr.); ἄρασσε μᾶλλον strike harder, A. Pr. 58; ὄψεις ἀράξας S. Ant. 52; ἤρασσε βλέφαρα Id. OT 1276:—in Pass., ὀμμάτων ἀραχθέντων Id. Ant. 975 (lyr.); also ἀ. πέτροις τινά strike with a shower of stones, E. IT 327:— Pass., πέτροισιν ἠράσσοντο A. Pers. 460:— ἀ. κιθάρην strike the lyre, Orph. A. 382; ὕμνον, μέλος, etc., Nonn. D. 1.15, 440, etc.