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    CANNIBALISE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they cannibalise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it cannibalises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: cannibalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: cannibalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: cannibalising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Use parts of something to repair something elseplay

    Synonyms:

    cannibalise; cannibalize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of eating and drinking

    Hypernyms (to "cannibalise" is one way to...):

    apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

    "Cannibalise" entails doing...:

    break apart; break up; disassemble; dismantle; take apart (take apart into its constituent pieces)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Eat human fleshplay

    Synonyms:

    cannibalise; cannibalize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of eating and drinking

    Hypernyms (to "cannibalise" is one way to...):

    consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s

    Derivation:

    cannibal (a person who eats human flesh)

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