overlive                (arch.) v.t. to live longer than; to live too long.
burke                   to discreetly eliminate; to murder, esp. by
                        suffocation, leaving no marks.  [after
                        W. Burke, hanged 1829, a practitioner.]
torso murder            a murder in which the victim is severed at the torso.
fustigate               to criticize severely; to club heavily.  [< L
                        /fustigare/ to cudgel to death]
immane                  (arch.) of vast size; inhumanly cruel.
noyade                  execution by drowning.