Synonyms of cannibalizing

cannibalizing

verb

present participle of cannibalize

as in using

to remove parts from a machine, car, etc., to repair or build another one

He cannibalized one washing machine to fix another.

Many parts of the engine were cannibalized from older cars.

Related Words

• using
• recycling
• utilizing
• employing
• exploiting
• operating
• reusing
• exercising
• manipulating
• applying
• harnessing
• handling
• working
• wielding
• directing
• running

Dissimilar Words

• dumping
• ignoring
• tossing
• neglecting
• chucking
• throwing away
• throwing out
• junking
• misusing
• misapplying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cannibalizing

This is only slightly more massive than the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy (approximately 400 million solar masses), which the Milky Way is currently cannibalizing and an order of magnitude less massive than the Small Magellanic Cloud. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Nevertheless, Miller is not worried about the two cars cannibalizing each other’s sales. — James Morris, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

At that level, the spike in yields may start cannibalizing demand from equities. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 23 July 2026

But on top of that, many series decide to submit only one episode per category to keep from cannibalizing their own vote totals. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 June 2026

Rather than cannibalizing the lean-back view, the two screens stack, pointing to an audience that has normalized simultaneous fast and slow consumption rather than choosing between them. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 June 2026

Whether there’s enough demand to soak up this flood of new equity without cannibalizing the tech giants that have been leading the market higher for years is an active debate on Wall Street at the moment. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

Now chatbots are cannibalizing the traditional search engine. — Will Oremus, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

Some of those consequences will be borne by the production’s cast and crew, with the leak possibly cannibalizing viewership when the movie officially premieres on Paramount+ in October. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026