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cannibalize [′kan·ə·bə‚līz] (engineering) To remove parts from one piece of equipment and use them to replace like, defective parts in a similar piece of equipment in order to keep the latter operational. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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With pop-culture cycles coming faster and faster, it will probably only be a couple of years before DJ-producers start cannibalizing Basement Jaxx and Soulwax and club music implodes on itself; after all, you can only recycle something so many times before it completely breaks down. 2 billion, with the new game cannibalizing revenues from the old one. Animals endure famine--some more successfully than others--by cannibalizing their own tissues. |
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