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cannibalize

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Meaning

use parts of something to repair something else

eat human flesh

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Our base philosophy is to never fear cannibalization. If we do, somebody else will just cannibalize it. We never fear it. Tim Cook

I never want to cannibalize my act, and I'm really excited that I am going to be able to perform new material. I'm not a huge fan of repeating jokes, and I don't really do any of my old material from old stand-up acts. Daniel Tosh

I'd rather Apple cannibalize Apple than somebody else cannibalize Apple. Tim Cook

Again, the danger here is that if you overuse this tactic for every new post or page, you can cannibalize ranking authority from your important higher level pages, especially if you cross link to too many pages. Source: Internet

Fletcher said, "My intention with Khan was to express the fact that they had been marooned on that planet with no technical infrastructure, so they had to cannibalize from the spaceship whatever they used or wore. Source: Internet

If captive female hamsters are left for extended periods (three weeks or more) with their litter, they may cannibalize the litter, so the litter must be removed by the time the young can feed and drink independently. Source: Internet

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