зареза́ть

uncommon #6621

verbimperfective perfective is заре́зать

1.
to slaughter, to butcher (an animal), to kill (livestock)
Дед ка́ждую о́сень зареза́ет поросёнка.
Every autumn grandpa slaughters a piglet.
Imperfective; the perfective is зарезать with stress зарéзать.
2.
to stab to death, to knife, to murder (with a knife)
В э́том рома́не геро́я зареза́ют в тёмном переу́лке.
In this novel the hero is stabbed to death in a dark alley.
3.
to cut too deep, to gash, to nick
Осторо́жно, не зареза́й до́ску сли́шком глубоко.
Careful not to cut too deep into the board.
Of cutting wood, cloth, leather etc.
4.
to kill (a project), to scrap, to reject outright
Реда́ктор зареза́ет таки́е статьи́ без разгово́ров.
The editor kills such articles without discussion.
Colloquial and figurative.

Conjugation

Imperative
ты	зареза́й
вы	зареза́йте

Active present	зареза́ющий	someone who is doing
Active past	зареза́вший	someone who was doing
Passive present	зареза́емый	something which is being done
Passive past	-
Gerund present	зареза́я	while doing (present)
Gerund past	зареза́в зареза́вши	while doing (past)

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(Derived from ре́зать.)

Verb	Prefix	Meaning
зареза́ть	за-	to slaughter; to stab to death; to cut too deep; to kill (a project)
заре́заться	за-	to cut one's own throat; to flunk (an exam)

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