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DaftPVF made a mod called "Treecapitator" that does exactly that.
(Sorry for that, Forgot to read the rules first...)If you chop a block of wood with an axe, all pieces connected above it fall as well.
You can find it here.
I would really like it in the vanilla game, though it will probably never happen.