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English
Etymology
cannibal + -ise
Alternative spellings
cannibalize (especially US)
Verb
en-verb|cannibalises|cannibalising|cannibalised|cannibalised
#To eat the flesh of (a human being).
#To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
Quotations
(remove parts of):
1991 - When the attack ceased they managed to cannibalize parts to get one truck going and set off for the rendezvous with Fraser, only to find nobody there. — The SAS at War 1941â��1945, Kemp, Anthony, John Murray (Publishers) Ltd
Derived terms
cannibalisation, cannibalization
vi:cannibalise
zh:cannibalise
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