It would be cool to have more of those pirate-themed ones!
Sword:
[victim] was slit open by [killer]’s cutlass.
[killer’s] rapier cut [victim] down to size.
[victim] met their fate at [killer]’s hand.
[victim] was struck down, drawn and quartered.
[victim] has yo-ho-hoed their last after encountering [killer].
[killer] gave [victim] no quarter.
Bow:
[victim] took [killer]’s shot square in the chest.
[victim] was killed by [killer]’s well-aimed shot.
[victim] took an arrow in the knee.
[victim] was mown down in a hail of projectiles.
Drowning:
[victim] went down with their ship.
[victim] was taken by the tide.
[victim] met leviathan.
[victim] was keelhauled.
[victim]’s vessel was scuppered on the high seas.
[victim] lost their sea legs.
[victim] was sunk.
[victim] was used as shark bait.
[victim] walked the plank.
[victim] was lost overboard.
Explosion:
[victim] was blown to smithereens.
[victim] went out with a bang.
[victim] was fatally wounded in an explosion.
[victim]’s remains plaster the deck.
[victim] suffered fire in the hole.
Poison:
[victim] was taken by seasickness.
