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v. To remove serviceable parts from (damaged airplanes, for example) for use in the repair of other equipment of the same kind.

v. To deprive of vital elements or resources, such as personnel, equipment, or funding, for use elsewhere: "It becomes necessary to cannibalize unsuccessful projects to fund those which can proceed” ( Daily Report for Executives).

v. To draw on as a major source: "cannibalizes the lives of his wife and friends for his second-rate novels” ( Washington Post).

v. To practice cannibalism on.

verb-intransitive. To practice cannibalism.

v. Alternative form of cannibalise.

v. same as cannibalise.

v. use parts of something to repair something else

v. eat human flesh

"You cannibalize and that's why we use the term cannibalize because that's exactly what is happening not only to us, but to others."

cannibalized    cannibalizes    cannibalizing   

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

cannibalise   

cannibalization    cannibalisation