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/kˌænɪbəlˈɪstɪk/
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ADJECTIVE
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characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism
cannibalistic behavior
How To Use cannibalistic In A Sentence
- Finally, we discuss potential implications for the dynamics of cannibalistic populations where cannibals and victims compete for a shared basic resource.
- They are cannibalistic but their flesh is poisonous to any other creature. The Sun
- 'cannibalistic' religion, I think he is a seeker of truth, and of God. The Daily Reckoning Australia
- Civil War regiment transported to planet populated with civilizations seeded from Earth (medieval Russian, ancient Chinese and Japanese, Rome, Cartha, Norsemen, pirates); all serve as food for the "cannibalistic" Hordes of 12-foot, Klingon/Mongol-like horsemen. MIND MELD: Stories Hollywood Should Film
- A magazine reporter is traveling through a rainforest, in search of a fabled cannibalistic tribe.
- Inevitably, there is a degree of cross-fertilization, anthologizing being by its very nature cannibalistic. The Times Literary Supplement
- And for those who prefer their apocalypses to be slightly less cannibalistic, there is also cricket spaghetti. Times, Sunday Times
- But then I re-read it as I always do, for extra giggles, and I caught the mention of the word "cannibalistic," and I got the connection to that horrific news out of Texas. **shudder** Reality Bites
- Conventional 'farming' of spiders proved impossible because of their territorial and cannibalistic nature. Times, Sunday Times
- Of course, small, cute, furry animals like ground squirrels are also highly cannibalistic," added Longrich, who is a paleontologist at Yale University.