Propelling a missile through the air with lethal force.
Arrows, spears, slingshot, darts, daggers and throwing axes will all be found here.
Gunshots are an exception, as they are in their own category.

Cinematically, these deaths offer a lot of scope to the director. Anything slower than a bullet can usually still be tracked by a camera running at normal speed, and it can be tremedously satisfying to see a weapon arc its way across the scene to embed itself in a victim.
Legendary Japanese director, Kurosawa understood this of course, and issued his actors with wooden boards to hide under their clothes. He would then issue the order for real arrows to be shot at them, in order to get convincing impacts. If only modern directors could be so dedicated...