cannibalized (Meaning)
cannibalized
to deprive of an essential part or element in creating or sustaining another facility or enterprise, to use or draw on material of (another writer, an earlier work, etc.), to take apart a machine for parts to be used as replacements in other machines, to incorporate mass from (a nearby object) through gravitational attraction, to take (sales) away from an existing product by selling or being sold as a similar but new product usually from the same manufacturer, to affect (something, such as an existing product) adversely by cannibalizing sales, to make use of (a part taken from one thing) in building, repairing, or creating something else, to cannibalize one unit for the sake of another of the same kind, to take salvageable parts from (something, such as a disabled machine) for use in building or repairing another machine, to practice cannibalism
Synonyms & Antonyms of cannibalized
cannibalized Sentence Examples
- During the siege, the starving soldiers were forced to cannibalize their own dead.
- The abandoned building had been cannibalized for its valuable materials.
- The company's product was cannibalizing sales of its other products.
- The old car's engine was cannibalized to repair the newer one.
- He was horrified to discover that his house had been cannibalized by termites.
- The winning team in the tournament had cannibalized its rivals' best players.
- The company's restructuring plan involved cannibalizing its unprofitable divisions.
- The abandoned hospital was rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of patients who had been cannibalized.
- The hurricane's aftermath revealed a neighborhood that had been cannibalized for building materials.
- The rescued survivor recounted a harrowing tale of how his shipmates had cannibalized each other.
FAQs About the word cannibalized
to deprive of an essential part or element in creating or sustaining another facility or enterprise, to use or draw on material of (another writer, an earlier w
used, recycled, employed, operated, applied, exploited, reused,utilized, wrought, manipulated
dumped, tossed, ignored, neglected,junked, chucked, threw out, threw away, misused,misapplied
During the siege, the starving soldiers were forced to cannibalize their own dead.
The abandoned building had been cannibalized for its valuable materials.
The company's product was cannibalizing sales of its other products.
The old car's engine was cannibalized to repair the newer one.
