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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
cannibalise .
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Examples
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But there must be a concern that, as i cannibalises the Independent's content, readers will desert the Indy in favour of it, leading to a further fall in sales revenue.
Will the arrival of i mean newspaper readers will desert the Independent? Roy Greenslade 2010
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It cannibalises Lord of the Flies and makes the zombie a passive character, which I think is softer, and exposes the vulnerable side of the undead ...
ZOMBIE IDOL lili 2008
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It takes talent out of the market and cannibalises media.
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It takes talent out of the market and cannibalises media.
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By assaulting the institutions of state, the party also cannibalises the mechanisms through which it exercises power.
Archive 2008-05-01 Boris 2008
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It cannibalises them and savages them, retrofits and ravages them, treats them the way Godzilla treats Tokyo, the way Burroughs treats Interzone.
Why Do I Infernokrush? Hal Duncan 2005
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One of the criticisms commonly levelled at free content is that it cannibalises existing paid-for content in a way that is economically unsustainable.
On the Open Road glyn moody 2007
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One of the criticisms commonly levelled at free content is that it cannibalises existing paid-for content in a way that is economically unsustainable.
Archive 2007-08-01 glyn moody 2007
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Evolver.fm in a pre-Grammys interview, Ek strenuously denied that his streaming service cannibalises sales of music through services such as Apple's iTunes.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Emma Barnett 2012
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Evolver.fm in a pre-Grammys interview, Ek strenuously denied that his streaming service cannibalises sales of music through services such as Apple's iTunes.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Emma Barnett 2012
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