cannibalize — can‧ni‧bal‧ize [ˈkænbəlaɪz] also cannibalise verb [transitive] 1. MARKETING if one of a company s new products cannibalizes an older one, it takes sales away from it: • Healthy Choice was a best seller without cannibalizing sales of its other… … Financial and business terms
cannibalize — v. i. & t. same as {cannibalise}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cannibalize — by 1798, figurative, from CANNIBAL (Cf. cannibal) + IZE (Cf. ize). Meaning take parts from one construction and use them in another is from 1943, originally of military equipment. Related: Cannibalized; cannibalizing … Etymology dictionary
cannibalize — (Amer.) can·ni·bal·ize || kænɪbÉ™laɪz v. take parts from one machine to repair another; eat human flesh (also cannibalise) … English contemporary dictionary
cannibalize — (also cannibalise) ► VERB 1) use (a machine) as a source of spare parts for another, similar machine. 2) (of an animal) eat (an animal of its own kind). DERIVATIVES cannibalization noun … English terms dictionary
cannibalize — ☆ cannibalize [kan′ə bəlīz΄ ] vt., vi. cannibalized, cannibalizing 1. to strip (old or worn equipment) of parts for use in other units to help keep them in service 2. to take any or all personnel or components from (one organization) for use in… … English World dictionary
cannibalize — verb a) To consume another of ones own type or kind. The female black widow spider is known to cannibalize the male. b) To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines. When the attack ceased they managed to cannibalize… … Wiktionary
cannibalize — [[t]kæ̱nɪbəlaɪz[/t]] cannibalizes, cannibalizing, cannibalized (in BRIT, also use cannibalise) 1) VERB If you cannibalize something, you take it to pieces and use it to make something else. [V n] They cannibalized damaged planes for the parts. 2) … English dictionary
cannibalize — UK [ˈkænɪbəlaɪz] / US [ˈkænɪb(ə)lˌaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms cannibalize : present tense I/you/we/they cannibalize he/she/it cannibalizes present participle cannibalizing past tense cannibalized past participle cannibalized 1) to take… … English dictionary
cannibalize — cannibalise cannibalise, cannibalize cannibalizev. i. to eat human flesh. Syn: practice cannibalism. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
