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Cannibalised vs Cannibalise - What's the difference?

cannibalised | cannibalise |

As verbs the difference between cannibalised and cannibalise

is that cannibalised is (cannibalise) while cannibalise is .

cannibalised

English

Verb

(head)
  • (cannibalise)

    • cannibalise

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cannibalize (especially US)

    Verb

    (cannibalis)
  • To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.
    • The female black widow spider is known to cannibalise the male.
  • To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
  • * 1991 , Anthony Kemp, The SAS at War 1941–1945 (John Murray (Publishers) Ltd):
    • When the attack ceased they managed to cannibalize parts to get one truck going and set off for the rendezvous with Fraser, only to find nobody there.
  • (business) To reduce sales or market share (for one of your own products) by introducing another.
  • * 2012 , electronista , October 17, 2012:
    • iPad mini to cannibalize 1M full-size iPad sales.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=August 21 , author=Jason Heller , title=The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land''), ''Hot Cakes'' marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing''' the golden age of stadium rock and simply started ' cannibalizing itself. And, despite Hawkins’ inveterate crotch-grabbing, there was never that much meat there to begin with.}}

    Derived terms

    * cannibalisation, cannibalization ----

    cannibalise

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cannibalize (especially US)

    Verb

    (cannibalis)
  • To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.
    • The female black widow spider is known to cannibalise the male.
  • To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.
  • * 1991 , Anthony Kemp, The SAS at War 1941–1945 (John Murray (Publishers) Ltd):
    • When the attack ceased they managed to cannibalize parts to get one truck going and set off for the rendezvous with Fraser, only to find nobody there.
  • (business) To reduce sales or market share (for one of your own products) by introducing another.
  • * 2012 , electronista , October 17, 2012:
    • iPad mini to cannibalize 1M full-size iPad sales.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=August 21 , author=Jason Heller , title=The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land''), ''Hot Cakes'' marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing''' the golden age of stadium rock and simply started ' cannibalizing itself. And, despite Hawkins’ inveterate crotch-grabbing, there was never that much meat there to begin with.}}

    Derived terms

    * cannibalisation, cannibalization ----