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Cannibalise
verb
Word Frequency:
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Definitions
1.
verb
To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.
"The female black widow spider is known to cannibalise the male."
2.
verb
To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
3.
verb
To reduce sales or market share (for one of one's own products) by introducing another.
4.
verb
Rework old material; rehash.
Synonyms
cannibalize
scavenge
interdevour
chop up
eat someone out of house and home
eat out
eat up
eat one's head off
manducate
take a bite out of
raid
unflesh
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