verb (used with object), can·ni·bal·ized, can·ni·bal·iz·ing. to subject to cannibalism. to remove parts, equipment, assets, employees, etc., from (an item, product, or business) in order to use them in another: to cannibalize old airplanes for replacement parts.

Is it Cannibalise or cannibalize?

As verbs the difference between cannibalize and cannibalise

is that cannibalize is (cannibalise) while cannibalise is to eat (parts of) another of one's own species.

What is the verb for cannibalism?

intransitive verb. 1 : to practice cannibalism. 2 : to cannibalize one unit for the sake of another of the same kind. Other Words from cannibalize Did you know?