cannibalizes
Eats its own
Cannibalizes means to consume parts of something similar to sustain or improve something else.
A company cannibalizes its own products when a new offering takes sales from an existing one: The cheaper model cannibalized sales of our flagship.
Mechanics cannibalize old machines for spare parts.
The word extends the literal sense of eating one's own kind into contexts of self-consumption or resource extraction from similar sources.
Eats ravenously
- consumesTakes in completely
- depletesUses until gone
- exhaustsCompletely uses up
- drainsPipes removing wastewater
absorbs · engulfs · swallows · appropriates · extracts · siphons · strips · uses up
Recovers usable material
- scavengesSearches for usable discards
- recyclesProcesses waste for reuse
- partsIndividual elements of whole
- componentsConstituent parts
harvests · dismantles · strips · reuses · extracts · rebuilds · junkyards · spare parts
Percentage of sector sales
- competitorsThose seeking same goal
- salesRevenue from goods moved
- revenueBusiness income total
- productsItems made for sale
brands · customers · profits · acquisitions · mergers · subsidiaries · divisions · portfolio
State of becoming disused
- upgradesImproved replacement versions
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- legacy systemsOutdated but essential technology
- iterationsSuccessive passes through process
versions · platforms · devices · software · hardware · adoption · migration · phaseout
devours
Eats ravenously
drains · absorbs · engulfs · swallows · appropriates · extracts · siphons · strips · uses up · takes over
salvages
Recovers usable material
- scavengesSearches for usable discards
- recyclesProcesses waste for reuse
- partsIndividual elements of whole
components · harvests · dismantles · strips · reuses · extracts · rebuilds · junkyards · spare parts · retrofits
market share
Percentage of sector sales
- competitorsThose seeking same goal
- salesRevenue from goods moved
- revenueBusiness income total
products · brands · customers · profits · acquisitions · mergers · subsidiaries · divisions · portfolio · erosion
obsolescence
State of becoming disused
- upgradesImproved replacement versions
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- legacy systemsOutdated but essential technology
iterations · versions · platforms · devices · software · hardware · adoption · migration · phaseout · discontinuation
cannibalizesimports
Goods brought in
outsources · poaches · raids · conquers · expropriates
cannibalizesbuilds
Creates by assembling parts
creates · produces · constructs · manufactures · generates
cannibalizesgrows
Increases in amount
expands · augments · complements · bolsters · reinforces