[
UK
/kˈænɪbəlˌaɪz/
]
VERB
- use parts of something to repair something else
- eat human flesh
How To Use cannibalise In A Sentence
- Within our newsroom, many expressed fears we would cannibalize the newspaper. Globe and Mail
- We did that even though we're the largest producers of personal computers, because if we don't cannibalize our own product line, somebody else will.
- And if we were to be cannibalized, who better to do it than us? Globe and Mail
- It has posted four consecutive quarters of declining same-store sales, with overexpansion causing its Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy divisions to cannibalize sales.
- Within our newsroom, many expressed fears we would cannibalize the newspaper. Globe and Mail
- One theory is that, as the company opens more stores, nearby outlets are starting to cannibalize each other. Globe and Mail
- Pumps at the others have been cannibalised for parts, which causes further overgrazing at those wells in working order.
- We got cannibalized, just not by ourselves," Mr. Simon said. Wal-Mart Looks on Course to End Sales Slump
- This underwater fleet rapidly surfaced and diminished as vessels were cannibalized to keep their sister craft operational.
- Females begin to cannibalize males during the first copulation, but males usually survive and achieve a second copulation following a second period of courtship.