trŭcīdātĭo (noun F) : trucido
* A slaughtering, massacring, butchery.
* 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.
* Transf., a cutting to pieces, cutting up, cutting off, Cels. praef. med.: arborum,a lopping, trimming,Plin. 17, 27, 45, § 257.