cannibalize
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/ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/
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/ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/
When a company introduces a new product that is similar to an existing one, and this action causes the sales of the older product to decrease.
We believe the two perfumes appeal to different buyers and won’t cannibalize one another’s sales.
우리는 이 두 향수가 다른 구매자에게 어필을 하고 서로의 판매를 침식하지 않는다고 믿습니다.
To use parts from one machine or vehicle to repair or build another.
The turbine building was partly stripped and cannibalized for other parts of the building.
터빈 건물은 부분적으로 분해되어 건물의 다른 부분에 사용되었습니다.
When an animal eats another of its own species.
Female spiders cannibalize courting males.
암컷 거미는 구애하는 수컷을 먹습니다.