cannibalize
Translation- cannibalize
- verb (-ized; -izing) Date: 1943 transitive verb 1. a. to take salvageable parts from (as a disabled machine) for use in building or repairing another machine b. to make use of (a part taken from one thing) in building, repairing, or creating something else 2. to deprive of an essential part or element in creating or sustaining another facility or enterprise <> 3. to use or draw on material of (as another writer or an earlier work) <> 4. to take (sales) away from an existing product by selling or being sold as a similar but new product usually from the same manufacturer; also to affect (as an existing product) adversely by cannibalizing sales intransitive verb 1. to practice cannibalism 2. to cannibalize one unit for the sake of another of the same kind • cannibalization noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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cannibalize — v. i. & t. same as {cannibalise}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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cannibalize — 1> снимать части с одной машины для ремонта других, раскулачивать , растаскивать машину по частям 2> ремонтировать машину с помощью частей, снятых с другой машины … Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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cannibalize — cannibalization, n. /kan euh beuh luyz /, v., cannibalized, cannibalizing. v.t. 1. to subject to cannibalism. 2. to remove parts, equipment, assets, employees, etc., from (an item, product, or business) in order to use them in another: to… … Universalium
cannibalize — verb a) To consume another of ones own type or kind. The female black widow spider is known to cannibalize the male. b) To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines. When the attack ceased they managed to cannibalize… … Wiktionary
cannibalize — cannibalise cannibalise, cannibalize cannibalizev. i. to eat human flesh. Syn: practice cannibalism. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cannibalize — cannibalise cannibalise, cannibalize cannibalizev. t. to use parts of (something, such as a machine), to repair something else. Syn: use parts of. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cannibalize — гл. ремонтировать машину с помощью частей, снятых с другой машины снимать части с одной машины для ремонта других, раскулачивать , растаскивать … Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь
cannibalize — To remove serviceable parts from one item of equipment in order to install them on another item of equipment … Military dictionary