Synonyms and antonyms of Types of death in British Thesaurus

accidental death (noun)

a death that was not caused on purpose: used for reporting the decision of a coroner (=an official who examines the cause of someone’s death)

an early grave ()

death before the natural age that you would expect

at the hands of someone ()

if you suffer or die at the hands of someone, they make you suffer or die

a watery grave ()

a place where someone drowns (=dies under water)

carbon monoxide poisoning (noun)

a serious condition in which someone breathes in a lot of carbon monoxide so that their blood cannot carry oxygen around their body, and they quickly die

death by misadventure (formal)

formal death caused by an accident

fatality (noun)

formal a death caused by an accident, war, violence, or disease

martyrdom (noun)

a martyr’s pain or death

poisoning (noun)

an occasion when someone is affected by poison

starvation (noun)

a situation in which a person or animal suffers or dies because they do not have enough to eat

the supreme sacrifice ()

the act of dying for your country or your beliefs, or to save other people

untimely (adjective)

used about the death of someone who dies at a time that makes their death extremely sad or unexpected, especially because they are young