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"Cannibalize" Definition
verb-transitive
To deprive of vital elements or resources, such as personnel, equipment, or funding, for use elsewhere: "It becomes necessary to cannibalize unsuccessful projects to fund those which can proceed” ( Daily Report for Executives).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To draw on as a major source: "cannibalizes the lives of his wife and friends for his second-rate novels” ( Washington Post).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To practice cannibalism on.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To remove serviceable parts from (damaged airplanes, for example) for use in the repair of other equipment of the same kind.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
To practice cannibalism.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To take salvageable parts from (as a disabled machine) for use in building or repairing another machine.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To make use of (a part taken from one thing) in building, repairing, or creating something else.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To deprive of an essential part or element in creating or sustaining another facility or enterprise .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To use or draw on material of (as another writer or an earlier work) .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To take (sales) away from an existing product by selling or being sold as a similar but new product usually from the same manufacturer.
Source: Merriam-Webster
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