DEATH

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A mind map: Death

Generic terms	Subordinate terms
result	action	circumstances, means	persons	reasons
natural death	to die in one's bed	an illness	the dead
	to die of a mysterious illness	a disease	the corpse
	to die of aids
	to die of heart attack
	to die of heart disease
	to die of cancer
accidental	to die	in an accident
	to die	of an injury
	to drown	in a flood, in a river, in the sea	the drowned	earthquake
	to be drowned	in a pool, through a lightning,		flood, blizzard
	to die	in the fire, by an atomic bomb		catastrophes, in a tempest
	to starve	in a blizzard, in a hurricane		hunger, famine, starvation
violent death	to burn to death		the burnt	heat
	to be burnt to death	by a car crash		fire, lightning, an atomic bomb
	to suffocate	by gas, lack of air (oxygen)
	to commit suicide	by opening one's artery	the suicide	unsuitable solution for too " big"
	to die by one's own hand	by hanging o.s, by stabbing o.s.	the self-murderer	problems
		by shooting o.s., by poisoning o.s.
		by taking an overdose of drugs	the drug addict	drug addiction
killing murder		to stab s.o.	a robber, a gangster	a robber, a gangster
		to poison s.o.	a victim,	a victim,
	to kill	to hang s.o.	a hangman	crime
	to murder	to shoot s.o.	a killer, a murderer, a mad gunman	hate, madness
	to die by violence	a shot	a killer, a person running amok	hate, jealousy, power
	to be killed by violence	a jealous person	a murderer, a murderess,	force, envy,
	to make an attempt on	for political reasons	a criminal
violent death	to assassinate	a dictator	a terrorist, politicians
	to be assassinated	by a bomb, by a gun-shot	a political murderer, an assassin,	different political points of view
	to snipe at s.o.	by an explosion	victims, a sniper	civil war
	to lie / wait in ambush	with a telescopic sight	VIP's	religion: religious fanatism
	to execute, to dispatch		an underground warrior	fight for the aims of a minority
	to fight	in a battle	a soldier, an army, an enemy	aggression, attack, defence
	to attack, defend	with weapons		of a territory

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