Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb to eat human flesh.
- transitive verb to use parts of (something, such as a machine), to repair something else.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.
- verb To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb eat human flesh
- verb use parts of something to repair something else
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Examples
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"(Also) I think we need to be careful about the use of the word 'cannibalise' which brings with it an imputation of bad behaviour."
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"(Also) I think we need to be careful about the use of the word 'cannibalise' which brings with it an imputation of bad behaviour."
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"cannibalise" when asking about the possibility super clinics would poach doctors.
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"cannibalise" doctors and patients from existing general practices.
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"cannibalise" when asking about the possibility super clinics would poach doctors.
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"cannibalise" doctors and patients from existing general practices.
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It's possible, the two will cannibalise each other's markets, or that the cheaper handheld will draw complaints about the price point of the more expensive machine.
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The split favours both films because they can't cannibalise each other.
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After 11 years of Margaret Thatcher, it proved necessary to cannibalise the entire armoured resources of the Rhine Army to deploy a weak division for the First Gulf War.
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After 11 years of Margaret Thatcher, it proved necessary to cannibalise the entire armoured resources of the Rhine Army to deploy a weak division for the First Gulf War.
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