- cannibalize⇄cannibalize, verb, -ized,-izing.
- cannibalize⇄noun cannibalization.
- cannibalize⇄v.i. 1. to salvage parts for repair work, or to make repairs by means of salvaged parts.
2. to devour one's own kind; practice cannibalism. - cannibalize⇄v.t. 1. to take usable parts from (a vehicle, piece of machinery, or the like) to assemble or repair another.
Ex. My brother cannibalized a baby carriage to get its wheels for a racing car.
2a. to eat the flesh of or devour (an animal of the