Killing starve E.g. No dog is so obstinate as to starve itself to death. Hit_target shoot E.g. He once shot a man to death in the parking lot of a bar. Cause_harm batter E.g. Michael Pearson, 19, of Leeds, battered 19-year-old Dean Fisher to death after meeting him in a pub. beat E.g. A gang of ruffians violently beat a Beijing University postgraduate to death. blast E.g. A man armed with a 12-bore sawn-off shotgun blasted his ex-partner to death in front of their two young sons before turning the weapon on himself. burn E.g. The Inquisition had burned Giordano Bruno to death for daring to say that he did not believe in transubstantiation. choke E.g. I nearly choked Susan to death while syringing cranberry juice into her mouth today. club E.g. Goodfellow clubbed his wife to death with a pick-axe handle as she sat yelling abuse at him. crush E.g. If you rolled over in your sleep, you'd crush me to death! gore E.g. An elephant has gored a tourist to death in a Ugandan national park after the man, carrying an 8-year-old boy in his arms, approached the animal's calf. kick E.g. A man's been found guilty of kicking his ex-girlfriend's dog to death at her home. knife E.g. A boy of 14 knifed his older brother to death in a row over a scratched CD. peck E.g. If a bird appears in the coop with a spot of blood on them, all the other birds peck it to death. spear E.g. She would raise the hue and cry, in between spearing him to death with a pitchfork. stab E.g. She stabbed Ben to death with a pair of dress-making scissors and then tried to kill herself. stone E.g. Stoning women to death for adultery is barbaric. torture E.g. Raleigh King tortured Don Lyon to death while he dragged out the truth about where the emerald ring was hidden.