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to remove parts from a machine, car, etc., to repair or build another one
He cannibalized one washing machine to fix another. Many parts of the engine were cannibalized from older cars.
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Recent Examples of cannibalizing
Why is Ukraine cannibalizing a perfectly good Bazooka-type weapons for a drone warhead?
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David Hambling, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
The same happens in 2008, with Washington and Crowe cannibalizing each other’s votes, allowing the already formidable Daniel Day-Lewis to win for There Will Be Blood.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
For businesses starting with a PLG mindset, expanding upmarket should unlock new client segments without cannibalizing the existing consumer base.
—Amit Ashkenazi, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
More than a decade ago, the normalization of tech companies carrying content created by news organizations without directly paying them — cannibalizing readership and ad revenue — precipitated the decline of the media industry.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
For the Hollywood studios, the answer is slightly more complicated as their streaming businesses inch their way toward profitability after losing billions of dollars to compete with Netflix while also cannibalizing their cash-generating TV channels.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
David Hambling, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
The same happens in 2008, with Washington and Crowe cannibalizing each other’s votes, allowing the already formidable Daniel Day-Lewis to win for There Will Be Blood.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
For businesses starting with a PLG mindset, expanding upmarket should unlock new client segments without cannibalizing the existing consumer base.
—Amit Ashkenazi, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
More than a decade ago, the normalization of tech companies carrying content created by news organizations without directly paying them — cannibalizing readership and ad revenue — precipitated the decline of the media industry.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
For the Hollywood studios, the answer is slightly more complicated as their streaming businesses inch their way toward profitability after losing billions of dollars to compete with Netflix while also cannibalizing their cash-generating TV channels.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Cannibalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannibalizing. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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