cannibalize a machine

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• cannibalize — can‧ni‧bal‧ize [ˈkænbəlaɪz] also cannibalise verb [transitive] 1. MARKETING if one of a company s new products cannibalizes an older one, it takes sales away from it: • Healthy Choice was a best seller without cannibalizing sales of its other… …   Financial and business terms

• cannibalize — (also cannibalise) ► VERB 1) use (a machine) as a source of spare parts for another, similar machine. 2) (of an animal) eat (an animal of its own kind). DERIVATIVES cannibalization noun …   English terms dictionary

• cannibalize — (Amer.) can·ni·bal·ize || kænɪbÉ™laɪz v. take parts from one machine to repair another; eat human flesh (also cannibalise) …   English contemporary dictionary

• cannibalize — verb a) To consume another of ones own type or kind. The female black widow spider is known to cannibalize the male. b) To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines. When the attack ceased they managed to cannibalize… …   Wiktionary

• cannibalize — UK [ˈkænɪbəlaɪz] / US [ˈkænɪb(ə)lˌaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms cannibalize : present tense I/you/we/they cannibalize he/she/it cannibalizes present participle cannibalizing past tense cannibalized past participle cannibalized 1) to take… …   English dictionary

• cannibalize — verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1943 transitive verb 1. a. to take salvageable parts from (as a disabled machine) for use in building or repairing another machine b. to make use of (a part taken from one thing) in building, repairing, or crea …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cannibalize — cannibalise cannibalise, cannibalize cannibalizev. t. to use parts of (something, such as a machine), to repair something else. Syn: use parts of. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cannibalize — or cannibalise verb 1》 use (a machine) as a source of spare parts for another, similar machine. 2》 (of a company) reduce (the sales of one of its products) by introducing a similar, competing product. 3》 (of an animal) eat (an animal of its own… …   English new terms dictionary

• cannibalize — can|ni|bal|ize also cannibalise BrE [ˈkænıbəlaız] v [T] 1.) to take parts of one machine to use in another, for example to repair it ▪ The truck was cannibalized for parts. 2.) technical if one of a company s products cannibalizes another, it… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cannibalize — can|ni|bal|ize [ kænıbl,aız ] verb transitive 1. ) to take parts of something, for example parts from a machine, in order to make something else 2. ) BUSINESS to take ASSETS (=money or property) from one business in order to improve another one 3 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cannibalize — also ise BrE verb (T) to take something apart, especially a machine, so that you can use its parts to build something else …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English