Associations to the word «Cannibalise»

Wiktionary

CANNIBALISE, verb. (transitive) To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.
CANNIBALISE, verb. (transitive) To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
CANNIBALISE, verb. (transitive) (business) To reduce sales or market share (for one of your own products) by introducing another.
CANNIBALISE, verb. Rework old material; rehash.

Dictionary definition

CANNIBALISE, verb. Eat human flesh.
CANNIBALISE, verb. Use parts of something to repair something else.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope