"Death" vs. Death? I Choose Neither!

     (ATTENTION. THE FOLLOWING IDEAS SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT: THE WORD "DEATH" WITHOUT QUOTATION MARKS MEANS A LITERAL DEATH OF A PERSON, AND WHEN USED WITH THESE AFOREMENTIONED PUNCTUATION MARKS, IT SHOULD BE TAKEN AS HAVING A METAPHYSICAL OR FIGURATIVE MEANING. THANK YOU).
     When I think of a fight or quarrel between two combating individuals, I usually don't think of it ending with the death of one person. However, this "death" can be taken to the next level and be described as being a spiritual or figurative death as opposed to a physical one. In fact, there need not even be a physical "fight or quarrel".
      For example,  political figures may engage in mental "combat" through the course of debate and never swing a single punch. This will end in one of the politicians' defeat or "death", which, though it is not literal, still has a lasting effect on the person. Continuing with the politician analogy, one politician may support a controversial idea or topic, and the people in the nation not in support of this topic may rise up to commit drastic actions or cause the physical death of someone in support of the cause, or attempt at causing the hypothetical "death" of someone else within the confines of a civilized argument.
     In The Crucible, Goody (Elizabeth) Proctor causes the "death" of Abigail by subtly revealing to the village people in the town of Salem that she did something wrong, such as committing the crime of adultery, thus giving her a "bad name" in the village. This can be transferred into representing the death of her "good name" in the town of Salem. Mrs. Proctor did this by evicting Abigail from the Proctor house where she served as a maid or servant. She did this because she sense bad intent afoot, and was correct in assuming so, as her husband falsely committed the crime of lechery.
     Well, that's all for today. Can you guys that have read The Crucible come up with another area in the book in which one villager causes either the "death" or death of another? I can think of a few--at least a trillion.....Good luck!
A Presto,
Simon