A Hundred Ways to Die
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Definitions stolen and adapted from wikipedia.
Apocalypse - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse - The end of the world.
Asphyxiation (erotic) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_asphyxiation - Intentionally cutting off oxygen to the brain for sexual arousal.
Asphyxiation (other) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphyxiation - The condition of severely deficient supply of oxygen to the body that arises from being unable to breathe normally.
Attack (alien) - Attack by an alien.
Attack (animal) - Attack by an animal.
Attack (bioweapon/nanotechnology) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioweapon / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotechnology - attack by bioweapons or nanotechnology.
Attack (supernatural being) - Attack by vampires, werewolves, ghosts, etc.
Cannibalism - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibalism - Killed and eaten by the killer.
Choking/Strangulation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangling - compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death.
Chuck Norris - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_norris - Death by Chuck Norris.
Crash (automobile) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_crash - car crash.
Crash (boat) - boat crash.
Crash (plane) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_accidents_and_incidents - plane crash.
Crash (train) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_crash - train wreck.
Crushed/Pressed - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crushing - Death by crushing or pressing.
Decapitation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapitation - Death by the separation of the head from the body.
Dehydration - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehydration - Death by lack of water.
Device (alien) - Death caused by an alien device or object.
Device (other) - Death caused by an device or object not normally considered a weapon.
Device (robot) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Williams_%28robot_fatality%29#Potential_problems - Death caused by a robot.
Device (Rube Goldberg) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg - Death by the most unnecessarily complicated device possible.
Drowning - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drowning - Death from suffocation caused by a liquid entering the lungs.
Earthquake - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake - Death in an earthquake.
Electrocution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_shock - Death caused by electric shock.
Execution (double tap) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_tap - Death caused by two bullets quickly fired at the same spot.
Execution (electric chair) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_chair - Execution by electrocution.
Execution (firing squad) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firing_squad - Execution by firing squad.
Execution (hanging) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging - The lethal suspension
of a person by a ligature.
Execution (lethal injection) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_injection - the practice of injecting a convicted criminal offender with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of executing the subject.
Execution (other) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execution - the execution of a person by judicial process for retribution, general deterrence, and incapacitation.
Falling - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_%28accident%29 - Death from falling.
Fire/Smoke Inhalation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_inhalation - Death from burns or smoke inhalation.
Flaying - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaying- removal of skin from the body.
G-force Trauma - Death for gravitational forces.
Homicide (assassination) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination - the targeted killing of a public figure.
Homicide (contract) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_killing - a form of assassination in which one entity hires another entity to kill a target individual or group of people.
Homicide (filicide) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filicide - murder of one's child.
Homicide (general) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide - the killing of another human being.
Homicide (mariticide) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariticide - murder of one's married partner.
Homicide (murder-suicide) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder-suicide - an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before or after killing him or herself.
Homicide (parricide) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parricide - murder of one's parent.
Homicide (passion) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_of_passion - murder committed in a jealous rage.
Homicide (serial killer) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killer - murder by a serial killer.
Human Sacrifice - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_sacrifice - the killing of human beings for religious ritual.
Illness (cancer) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer - death from cancer.
Illness (cardiac/respiratory arrest) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_arrest / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory_arrest - death from cardiac or respiratory arrest.
Illness (lengthy) - any illness of a long duration.
Illness (plague) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_(disease) - Death from the plague.
Illness (sepesis) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepsis - Death from infection.
Illness (sexually transmitted disease) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexually_transmitted_disease - Death from any sexually transmitted disease.
Illness (stroke) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke - interruption of blood supply to the brain causing death.
Illness (sudden) - any sudden illness.
Magic - any death caused by magical means.
Man vs. Vehicle (automobile) - death from being hit by a car.
Man vs. Vehicle (other) - death from being hit by some other vehicle.
Man vs. Vehicle (train) - death from being hit by a train.
Martyrdom - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrdom - an individual who sacrifices his or her life in order to further a cause or belief for others.
Medical Experimentation - death occurring during medical experimentation.
Old Age - death from old age.
Overdose (accidental) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdose - accidental ingestion of medicine leading to death
Overdose (intentional) - intentionally ingesting medicine leading to death.
Overexertion (karoshi) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoshi - death from overwork
Overexertion (other) - any other death caused by overexertion.
Overexertion (sex) - Death caused by overexertion during sex.
Poisoning (accidental) - accidental death caused by a toxin.
Poisoning (intentional) - intentional death caused by a toxin.
Premature burial/Immurement - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_burial / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immurement - a person is walled up within a building and left to die from starvation or dehydration.
Pulled Apart/Dismemberment - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismemberment - the act of cutting, tearing, pulling, wrenching or otherwise removing, the limbs of a living thing.
Radiation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_poisoning - death by radiation poison.
Ritual Killing - killing to satisfy cultural or religious ideas.
Russian Roulette - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_roulette - a potentially lethal game of chance.
Self-sacrifice - sacrificing one's self for the great good.
Spacing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_exposure - the exposure of a human to the conditions of outer space causing death.
Spontaneous Combustion - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_combustion - a type of combustion which occurs without an external ignition source.
Stabbing/Slashing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabbing - death by a stabbing or slashing wound.
Starvation/Malnutrition - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starvation - death from lack of food.
Suffocation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffocation - death through lack of
oxygen caused by placing an object over the mouth and nose.
Suicide (assisted) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_suicide - suicide in which the soon to be dead is assisted to that death by another person.
Suicide (by cop) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_by_cop - a suicide method in which a suicidal deliberately acts in a threatening way, with the goal of provoking a lethal response from a law enforcement officer, such as being shot to death.
Suicide (general) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide - intentional taking of one's own life.
Suicide (seppuku) - form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment.
Suicide mission - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_mission - a task which is so dangerous for the people involved that they are not expected to survive.
Temperature (hyperthermia) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthermia - acute condition which occurs when the body produces or absorbs more heat than it can dissipate.
Temperature (hypothermia) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothermia - condition in which an organism's temperature drops below that required for normal metabolism and body functions.
The Bends - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness - condition arising from the precipitation of dissolved gasses into bubbles inside the body on depressurization.
Time Travel - death through time travel.
Trauma (blunt force) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blunt_trauma - a non-penetrating trauma leading to death.
Trauma (brain) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traumatic_brain_injury - an outside
force traumatically injures the brain.
Trauma (penetrating) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetrating_trauma - an injury that occurs when an object pierces the skin and enters a tissue of the body, creating an open wound.
Trauma (spinal) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinal_trauma - trauma to the spin leading to death.
Volcano - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano - Death by Volcano or any of it's associated effects.
Water Intoxication - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication - a potentially fatal disturbance in brain functions that results when the normal balance of electrolytes in the body is pushed outside of safe limits by over-consumption of water.
Weather (flooding/heavy rains) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flooding - Death caused by rising water/flooding.
Weather (hurricane/tornado) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado - death caused by hurricanes or tornadoes.
Weather (lightning) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning - death caused by lightning strike.
Weather (other) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather - death caused by any other type of weather.