Sentence:  Ulysses killed Demoptolemus, Telemachus Euryades, Eumæus Elatus, while the stockman killed Pisander. These all <WSD>bit the dust</WSD>, and as the others drew back into a corner Ulysses and his men rushed forward and regained their spears by drawing them from the bodies of the dead 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To die.