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Verb: cannibalise  'ka-ni-bu,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: cannibalize)
  1. Eat human flesh
    "Some tribes were known to cannibalise their enemies";
    - cannibalize
     
  2. Use parts of something to repair something else
    "They cannibalised old computers for spare parts";
    - cannibalize
     
  3. Take or draw from an existing market, product, or industry, especially in a way that damages or reduces the original or established entity
    "Chinese EV imports could cannibalise European car sales";
    - cannibalize

Derived forms: cannibalised, cannibalises, cannibalising

Type of: apply, consume, employ, have, ingest, take, take in, use, utilise [Brit], utilize

Encyclopedia: Cannibalise