Verb (used with object) : to cannibalize old airplanes for replacement parts. ,New products introduced in the next six months will cannibalize sales from established lines.    From Dictionary.com. 

However, it also said the so-called cannibalization rate of the low-end notebook market will be in the 30% to 40% range.    From Wordnik.com.  [InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs] Reference

Because of overexpansion that caused what is referred to as "cannibalization".    From Wordnik.com.  [BLOG THIS | blog.thismagazine.ca] Reference

Is it all macro related or is there something else going on such as kind of cannibalization?.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

Any "cannibalization" figures from Sprint or Boost are completely without merit because of this.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tech Beat - BusinessWeek] Reference

So the "cannibalization" argument-that the iPhone app could interfere with Kindle sales-is silly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

"cannibalization" by the wildly popular iPhone and iPod Touch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference

"cannibalization" was an excuse for denial, not valid reasoning.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ottumwa Courier Homepage] Reference

So that we're seeing cannibalization in the stats.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2007] Reference

"The problem is, you accelerate the cannibalization.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Is This Any Way To Run An Airline?] Reference

"But we haven't seen any significant cannibalization.".    From Wordnik.com.  [To ETF or Not to ETF?] Reference

Relentlessly, around the clock, the cannibalization continued.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heirs of Babylon]

And even successful new products carry a risk: cannibalization.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Fattening! Tastes Great!] Reference

And that's why we are seeing a cannibalization of export capacity.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2008] Reference

One reason for the cut, he told me, is to reduce "cannibalization.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Life in the Slow Lane] Reference

It's the victim of its own corporate cannibalization and shortsighted greed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Radio Static: James Wolcott] Reference

I think that we should gain much more than we risk losing in cannibalization.    From Wordnik.com.  [L'Oréal's Chief Pursues Price Balm] Reference

RAINER NITSCHE, ESMT BERLIN: Sure, there has certainly been some cannibalization.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2009] Reference

This spares shortage then prompts another negative maintenance trend-cannibalization.    From Wordnik.com.  [Testimony To the US House National Security Committee] Reference

The numbers conjure up specters of a "" saturated '' market and "" cannibalization. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Really Big Mac] Reference

One potential drawback of combining Miller and Coors under one roof is cannibalization.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miller, Coors] Reference

"We talk about that all the time — will there be cannibalization or dilution of the brand?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Spa Makeover] Reference

Remove the support and they would close each other in a massive orgy of self-cannibalization.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bye-Bye to Bernanke's 'Insidious Banks': End 'Too Big to Fail' in Two Easy Steps] Reference

LISOVICZ: You certainly see the cannibalization from retailers treading on their own territory.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2003] Reference

In the one I remember, the duck said something about cannibalization in the last panel, I think.    From Wordnik.com.  [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Today’s Comic: Pigs eating pigs] Reference

Their profitability stinks considering all the cannibalization that is going towards achieving it.    From Wordnik.com.  [PHP Founder Rasmus Lerdorf Leaves Yahoo] Reference

I still believe in the Signature brand and do not see any cannibalization of the Levi's brand at all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Levi Strauss Wants To Wear Well] Reference

This cannibalization is illustrated in the company's comparable store sales increase for the month of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Al Norman: Ten States Where You Can Hide From Wal-Mart] Reference

What can we do to reverse the cannibalization of government and the national economy by the corporations?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Truth Alone Will Not Set You Free] Reference

Potential cannibalization is ignored -- the threat that kept Kodak focused on its film sales for far too long.    From Wordnik.com.  [Microsoft's Dismal Future] Reference

Intel believes the cannibalization of notebooks by netbooks to be at around 20 percent, Reuters reported today.    From Wordnik.com.  [1 in 5 Choosing Netbooks Over Notebooks: Intel] Reference

Mr. Liddell acknowledged that some of the growth in netbooks is “cannibalization” of sales of traditional PCs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Microsoft’s Vista Problem, by the Numbers - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Traditional mutual fund companies are challenged to enter the ETF market, fearing cannibalization of existing products.    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Safely Navigate ETF Waters] Reference

This model prioritizes locations that make the most efficient use of capital, reduce cannibalization and drive higher returns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Al Norman: Home Depot Forced To Go On Orange Diet] Reference