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Verb
/ˈkanəbəˌlīz/,
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cannibalized, past participle; cannibalizes, 3rd person singular present; cannibalized, past tense; cannibalised, past participle; cannibalizing, present participle; cannibalises, 3rd person singular present; cannibalising, present participle; cannibalised, past tense;
  1. Use (a machine) as a source of spare parts for another, similar machine

  2. Use (the creative work of others) in one's own art
    • - high culture should cannibalize mass culture
  3. (of a company) Reduce (the sales of one of its products) by introducing a similar, competing product

  4. (of an animal) Eat (an animal of its own kind)
    • - female spiders cannibalize courting males
  1. (cannibalize) eat human flesh
  2. (cannibalize) use parts of something to repair something else
  3. In marketing strategy, cannibalization refers to a reduction in sales volume, sales revenue, or market share of one product as a result of the introduction of a new product by the same producer.
  4. (Cannibalize) While the expression "cannibalism" has origins in the act of humans eating other humans, it has extended into zoology to mean the act of any animal consuming members of its own type or kind, including the consumption of mates.
  5. (cannibalize) To consume another of one's own type or kind; To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines
  6. (Cannibalize) In a market that is not growing, competitors attempt to steal market share from each other as a means of increasing sales.
  7. (CANNIBALIZE) to scavenge for repairs; to extract parts from a recovered vehicle, engine, or machine for use in repairing a similar unit; sometimes called "parting-out" or "knacker"; compare PM; see DUMP, MOTHBALL, BONEYARD, HANGAR QUEEN. ...
  8. (Cannibalize) The action of removing good parts from one vehicle in order to put them into another vehicle.
  9. (cannibalize) (JP 1-02, NATO)- To remove serviceable parts from one item of equipment in order to install them on another item of equipment. (Army) The authorized removal of parts or components from economically unrepairable or disposable items or assemblies and making them available for reuse. ...