cannibalisation

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A form of cannibalization — the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food

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Meanings

nouncannibalisation (usually uncountable, plural cannibalisations)

plural cannibalisations

  1. UKalternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of cannibalization.

    The condemned A.E.C. diesel railcar, No. W28W, is at Southall for cannibalisation to provide spares for the others of its type still in service.

    1960 February, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 121
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APA

cannibalisation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannibalisation

MLA

“cannibalisation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannibalisation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cannibalisation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cannibalisation.

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