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cannibalise

[ UK /kˈænɪbəlˌa‍ɪz/ ]
VERB
  1. use parts of something to repair something else
  2. 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.
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