cannibalize
Harvest for components
Cannibalize originally meant to eat the flesh of one's own kind, but the word now more often describes taking parts from one thing to repair or build another: We cannibalized the old truck for spare parts.
In business, a new product cannibalizes sales when it draws customers away from the company's existing products rather than from competitors: The cheaper model cannibalized their premium line.
Recovering damaged goods
- scavengeGather from waste
- stripNarrow elongated piece
- harvestGathering mature crops
- reclaimTake back possession
repurpose · reuse · junkyard · disassemble · retrofit · rebuild · recondition · refurbish
Extreme nutritional deprivation
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- extremityOutermost part or limit
- famineSevere food shortage
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
rationing · foraging · endurance · self-preservation · dire · necessity · shipwreck · stranded
Following prescribed ceremony
- forbiddenNot allowed
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- primalFirst in origin
tribal · Hannibal · horror · flesh-eating · predatory · morbid · atrocity · barbaric
Unite separate things
- restructureRearrange fundamental organization
- downsizeReduce scale or staff
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
- cost-cuttingReducing expenditures deliberately
streamline · merger · acquisition · spin-off · portfolio · reallocation · optimization · efficiency
salvage
Recovering damaged goods
reclaim · repurpose · reuse · junkyard · disassemble · retrofit · rebuild · recondition · refurbish · components
starvation
Extreme nutritional deprivation
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- extremityOutermost part or limit
- famineSevere food shortage
subsistence · rationing · foraging · endurance · self-preservation · dire · necessity · shipwreck · stranded · taboo
ritualistic
Following prescribed ceremony
primal · tribal · Hannibal · horror · flesh-eating · predatory · morbid · atrocity · barbaric · ghoulish
consolidate
Unite separate things
- restructureRearrange fundamental organization
- downsizeReduce scale or staff
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
cost-cutting · streamline · merger · acquisition · spin-off · portfolio · reallocation · optimization · efficiency · strategy
cannibalizecomplement
What makes complete
synergize · cross-sell · supplement · expand · upsell
- sexual cannibalismDevouring a partner after mating