Death message occurs when death does not occur.

The normal message with "Player A made mincemeat of player B" and "Moderator A senselessly butchered B!" (and this time also "You can't collect B's head again within 2 weeks.") occurs, but player B is not dead and is capable of running around.

Player A is using a diamond sword, player B is wearing iron armour. When hit once more with sword, player B dies and the message "B was slain by A" appears.