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Cannibalize   /kˈænəbəlˌaɪz/   Listen
Cannibalize

verb
1.
Eat human flesh.  Synonym: cannibalise.
2.
Use parts of something to repair something else.  Synonym: cannibalise.






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"Cannibalize" Quotes from Famous Books



... the enemy is used to them now. I am still working on the subspace beacon. The radio and most of the control linkages have gone into it. It looks like an electronicist's nightmare, but if the survival manual is right, it will work. It has to work! I dread the time when I shall have to cannibalize the recorder. Can't help thinking that Shakespeare was right when he wrote that bit about music soothing the savage breast. It may not soothe the enemy, for it isn't savage, but it certainly soothes me, even though there's something repetitive about it after a half a hundred ...
— The Issahar Artifacts • Jesse Franklin Bone



Words linked to "Cannibalize" :   break up, apply, dismantle, have, consume, cannibal, use, disassemble, utilize, ingest, break apart, utilise, take in, employ, take apart, take, cannibalise



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