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- He cannibalized one washing machine to fix another.
- Many parts of the engine were cannibalized from older cars.
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“Cannibalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannibalize. Accessed 15 Aug. 2020.
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The first known use of cannibalize was in 1873
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