ALL meanings of cannibalize
can·ni·bal·ize
C c - verb cannibalize If you cannibalize something, you take it to pieces and use it to make something else. 3
- verb cannibalize If one of a company's products cannibalizes the company's sales, people buy it instead of any of the company's other products. 3
- verb cannibalize to use (serviceable parts from one machine or vehicle) to repair another, esp as an alternative to using new parts 3
- verb transitive cannibalize to strip (old or worn equipment) of parts for use in other units to help keep them in service 3
- verb transitive cannibalize to take any or all personnel or components from (one organization) for use in building up another 3
- verb transitive cannibalize to swallow up or devour (another of the same kind) 3
- verb transitive cannibalize to incorporate (parts of someone else's writing, painting, or music or of one's own earlier work) into one's current efforts 3
- noun cannibalize Use (a machine) as a source of spare parts for another, similar machine. 1
- verb with object cannibalize to subject to cannibalism. 1
- verb with object cannibalize to remove parts, equipment, assets, employees, etc., from (an item, product, or business) in order to use them in another: to cannibalize old airplanes for replacement parts. 1
- verb with object cannibalize to cut into; cause to become reduced; diminish: New products introduced in the next six months will cannibalize sales from established lines. 1
- verb without object cannibalize to act cannibalistically; practice cannibalism. 1
- transitive verb cannibalize eat flesh of a person 1
- transitive verb cannibalize recycle parts of sth 1
- verb cannibalize Alternative form of cannibalise. 0