This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

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v. To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.

v. To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.

verb-intransitive. to eat human flesh.

v. to use parts of (something, such as a machine), to repair something else.

v. eat human flesh

v. use parts of something to repair something else

""(Also) I think we need to be careful about the use of the word 'cannibalise' which brings with it an imputation of bad behaviour.""

cannibalize   

ingest    have    take    take-in    consume    apply    utilise    use    utilize    employ   

cannibalization    cannibalisation   

practice cannibalism    use parts of