cannibalized
past simple and past participle ofcannibalize
cannibalize
verb[T]
(UKusuallycannibalise)uk/ˈkæn.ɪ.bəl.aɪz/us/ˈkæn.ə.bəl.aɪz/to takepartsfrom amachineorvehicleinorderto make orrepairanothermachineorvehicle:
Heboughtanoldengineand cannibalized it forspareparts.
Tearing and breaking into pieces
- apart
- asunder
- bobble
- bobbly
- break(something)off
- chip
- crack
- fall apart
- fall to piecesidiom
- fragment
- fragmentation
- fragmented
- frayed
- rip
- splinter
- split
- sunder
- tearsomethingapart
- tearsomethingup
- teardown
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Through this method all eggscannibalizedcould be recorded.
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That a proto-human being could becannibalizedfor spare parts cannot be contemplated.
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During wars, any dead ants arecannibalizedby the colonies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Spare parts were hard to come by, and many aircraft had to becannibalized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the 1990s, one trainset wascannibalizedto supply parts for the remaining two.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This one is shown living in the water with his crocs and, it is inferred, hascannibalizedat least one adjunct assigned to him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After the settlers hadcannibalizedthe old buildings, nature began recycling the remnants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The field artillery battalion wascannibalizedto bring the infantry battalions up to full strength.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Several aircraft were lost to crashes, or damaged and thencannibalizedfor spare parts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This leads to the public looking over certain models andcannibalizedsales from competing divisions with essentially the same product.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Choosing a mal-nourished female can result in a male beingcannibalizedbefore copulation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Of them, only 7 survived with 6 having beencannibalizedand 2 being lost or having escaped.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The eggs and nymphs are alsocannibalizedby other earwigs.
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