trŭcīdātĭo, ōnis, f. [trucido], a slaughtering, massacring, butchery.
I Lit.: inde non jam pugna, sed trucidatio velut pecorum fleri, Liv. 28, 16, 6: civium, Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 11.—In plur. absol. : tantas trucidationes facis, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 24, 12.—
II Transf., a cutting to pieces , cutting up , cutting off , Cels. praef. med. : arborum, a lopping , trimming , Plin. 17, 27, 45, § 257.