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cannibalize

[kan-uh-buh-lahyz] / ˈkæn ə bəˌlaɪz /
VERB
salvage
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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The advent of data analytics showed that Goodwill could cluster stores closer together than previously believed without cannibalizing sales.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead of cannibalizing each other’s voters, Ms. Haley and Mr. Scott, he said, could consolidate their resources if one of them were to suspend their presidential bid to support the other.

From New York Times

“We are two states that do not have to compete and cannibalize each other … cannibalization for investment is a mistake,” Alfaro said.

From Seattle Times

Built in the late 1990s some are likely to have been cannibalized for spare parts no longer manufactured.

From BBC

Authors and publishers are afraid that efforts like that of the Open Library will cannibalize commercial, revenue-producing markets, sapping incentives to create and publish.

From Los Angeles Times