trŭcīdātĭo

I. 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, Plin. 17, 27, 45, § 257.