cannibalize

A verb used to describe the act of taking parts from one machine, vehicle, or system to repair or build another, or in a business context, to reduce sales of one product by introducing a similar new one.

• 🌐فعل يُستخدم لوصف عملية أخذ الأجزاء من آلة أو مركبة أو نظام لإصلاح أو تركيب جهاز آخر، وفي سياق الأعمال يعني انخفاض مبيعات منتج بسبب طرح منتج جديد مشابه له.

1. Eat human flesh C1 formal

   To consume the flesh of a member of one's own species, especially a human.

   • The tribe was known to cannibalize their enemies in ancient times.
   • In extreme survival situations, some have resorted to cannibalizing the dead.
   • The horror movie depicted a group of stranded people who began to cannibalize each other.

   🌐أكل لحم البشر

2. Use parts for repair B2 formal technical

   To take parts from one machine or vehicle to repair or build another, often of the same type.

   • The mechanic decided to cannibalize the old car for spare parts.
   • They had to cannibalize one computer to fix the other.
   • The company cannibalized its older models to produce a new prototype.

   🌐استخدام قطع الغيار

   المرادفات: dismantlerecyclereusesalvagescavengestrip

• cannibalized past participle
• cannibalized past simple
• cannibalizing present participle
• cannibalizes third person singular