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Literary notes about trucidation (AI summary)

In literature, "trucidation" is often articulated to convey a profoundly graphic and morally charged act of mass killing. One passage portrays it as an abhorrent act both indecorous and ignoble, underscoring a deep repulsion toward such violence [1]. In another instance, the term bridges the gap between mere revulsion and actual butchery, suggesting that the transition to truely engaging in mass murder is a deliberate and chilling act [2].
  1. ‘That would be trucidation dedecorous and ignave; neither can I stand by and see it done.’
    — from Cruikshank's Water Colours by William Harrison Ainsworth
  2. I loathe the snails, but from loathing to actual butchery, trucidation of multitudes, there is still a step that I hesitate to take.
    — from The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson

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