📖 Definitions of "Cannibalise"
verb
- 1
To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.
"The female black widow spider is known to cannibalise the male."
- 2
To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
- 3
To reduce sales or market share (for one of one's own products) by introducing another.
- 4
Rework old material; rehash.
🔄 Synonyms of "Cannibalise"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cannibalizeverb | Alternative form of cannibalise. [(transitive) To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.] |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cannibalise"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cannibalizeverb | Alternative form of cannibalise. [(transitive) To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.] |
| scavengenoun | (transitive) To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material. |
| interdevourverb | (rare) Of many people, creatures etc.: to devour each other. |
| chop upverb | (transitive) To cut or chop (meat, etc.) into separate pieces. |
| eat someone out of house and homeverb | (idiomatic) To consume so much of someone's store of food that little or none is left for the owner. |
| eat outverb | (intransitive) To dine at a restaurant or such public place. |
| eat upverb | (ambitransitive) To consume completely. |
| eat one's head offverb | (idiomatic) Of an animal: to cost more to feed than it is worth. |
| manducatenoun | To eat (something). |
| take a bite out ofverb | To bite into something once for the purpose of eating. |
| raidnoun | (military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle. |
| unfleshverb | (transitive) To strip of flesh. |
| disembowelverb | (transitive) To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate. |
| dissectverb | (transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts. |
| dismemberverb | (transitive) To remove the limbs of. |
| eat one's heartverb | Synonym of eat one's heart out. |
| eviscerateverb | (transitive) To disembowel; to remove the viscera. |
| cankernoun | Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys. |
| devourverb | (transitive) To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously. |
| cut upverb | (transitive) To cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections. |
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