"cannibalise" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "cannibal + -ise",
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    {
      "form": "cannibalise",
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    },
    {
      "form": "cannibalises",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "cannibalised",
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    {
      "form": "cannibalised",
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      "form": "cannibalising",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The female black widow spider is known to cannibalise the male."
        }
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        "If an animal cannibalise, they eat another of their own species."
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      "glosses": [
        "If you cannibalise a machine, you remove parts of it to use it in other similar machines."
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        "machinery"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/"
    },
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  ],
  "word": "cannibalise"
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  "etymology_text": "cannibal + -ise",
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      "form": "cannibalise",
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      "form": "cannibalised",
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    {
      "form": "cannibalised",
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    },
    {
      "form": "cannibalising",
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        "participle"
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          "text": "The female black widow spider is known to cannibalise the male."
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        "If an animal cannibalise, they eat another of their own species."
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  "word": "cannibalise"
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