S: (v) drown (die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating) "The child drowned in the lake"
S: (v) predecease (die before; die earlier than) "She predeceased her husband"
S: (v) starve, famish (die of food deprivation) "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"
S: (v) fall (die, as in battle or in a hunt) "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"