cannibalize

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: can=ni=bal=ize

CIDE DICTIONARY

cannibalize, v. i. 

 to eat human flesh.  [WordNet 1.5]

cannibalize, v. t. 

 to use parts of (something, such as a machine), to repair something else.  [WordNet 1.5]

cannibalize, v. i. & t. 

 same as cannibalise.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cannibalize, v.tr. (also -ise) use (a machine etc.) as a source of spare parts for others.

Derivative

cannibalization n.

ROGET THESAURUS

cannibalize

Substitution

VB substitute, put in the place of, change for, make way for, give place to, supply the place of, take the place of, supplant, supersede, replace, cut out, serve as a substitute, step into stand in the shoes of, jury rig, make a shift with, put up with, borrow from Peter to pay Paul, take money out of one pocket and put it in another, cannibalize, commute, redeem, compound for.