transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈka-nə-bə-ˌlīz ]
verb
( -ized ; -iz·ing )
Date: 1943
transitive verb
1.
a. : to take salvageable parts from (as a disabled machine) for use in building or repairing another machine
b. : to make use of (a part taken from one thing) in building, repairing, or creating something else
2. : to deprive of an essential part or element in creating or sustaining another facility or enterprise
the energy system has begun cannibalizing the economic system it is supposed to fuel — Barry Commoner
3. : to use or draw on material of (as another writer or an earlier work)
a volume…that not only cannibalize s previous publications but is intended itself to be cannibalized — R. M. Adams
4. : to take (sales) away from an existing product by selling or being sold as a similar but new product usually from the same manufacturer ; also : to affect (as an existing product) adversely by cannibalizing sales
intransitive verb
1. : to practice cannibalism
2. : to cannibalize one unit for the sake of another of the same kind
• can·ni·bal·i·za·tion ˌka-nə-bə-lə-ˈzā-shən noun