rare. [ad. L. trucīdātiōn-em, n. of action f. trucīdāre to cut to pieces, kill cruelly, slaughter.] A cruel killing or murdering; in use humorous: slaughter.
1623. Cockeram, Trucidation, a cruell murder. [Whence in subsequent dicts.]
1883. Stevenson, Lett. (1901), I. 267. I loathe the snails: but from loathing to actual butchery, trucidation of multitudes, there is still a step that I hesitate to take.
