"cannibalise" meaning in All languages combined

See cannibalise on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cannibalise.wav [UK] Forms: cannibalise [canonical], cannibalises [third-person, singular], cannibalised [past], cannibalised [past, participle], cannibalising [present, participle]
Etymology: cannibal + -ise Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|cannibal|ise}} cannibal + -ise Head templates: {{verb|cannibalis|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If an animal cannibalise, they eat another of their own species.
    Sense id: simple-cannibalise-en-verb-Wo7Zn8eC
  2. If you cannibalise a machine, you remove parts of it to use it in other similar machines.
    Sense id: simple-cannibalise-en-verb-CM8LGVKw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ise
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