See cannibalise on Wiktionary
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"third-person"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "cannibaliser"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of cannibaliser:",
"second-person singular imperative"
],
"links": [
[
"cannibaliser",
"cannibaliser#French"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "cannibalise"
}
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