Cannibalize

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Alternative spellings 1.3 Transitive verb 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Derived terms

English

Etymology

• cannibal + -ize

Alternative spellings

• cannibalise (British)

Transitive verb

to cannibalize (cannabilizing, cannabilized, cannabilized)

1. To eat the flesh of (a human being).
2. 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 1941–1945, Kemp, Anthony, John Murray (Publishers) Ltd

Derived terms

• cannibalisation, cannibalization

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