Delete entire itunes match library

I have a maxed out the itunes match icloud storage limits.....many, many songs are truncated at the end of songs when syned to ipods and iphones.
Based upon reading other posts, I seemingly need to remove my entire library and re-match to the cloud.  How can this be done simply ?  I'm nervous about possibly deleting my entire library on the NAS drive I have.
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I think the easiest way to do this is to create a new, empty library and delete the tracks from there.
1. Launch iTunes while holding down the Option key and choose "new library."
2. Enable iTunes Match on this library and let it do it's thing.
Once it is done you can delete the tracks from the cloud but not worry about deleting the actual files. You will probably be able to only delete about 1000 tracks at a time, but keep updating iTunes Match and this will accomplish what you want to do.
After this is finished you can then switch back to your original iTunes library and add albums or artists at your leisure.

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