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verb (cannibalizes, cannibalizing, cannibalized, cannibalized)
  1. To eat the flesh of (a human being).
  2. To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
    • 1991, Kemp, Anthony, The SAS at War 1941"1945, John Murray (Publishers) Ltd
    • : When the attack ceased they managed to parts to get one truck going and set off for the rendezvous with Fraser, only to find nobody there.
Etymology: 
  • cannibal + -ize



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