cannibal
/ˈkænɪbəl/
noun
- A person who eats the flesh of other human beings.
- In the movie, the cannibal lived alone in the remote jungle.
- Historians debate whether some ancient groups were actually cannibals.
- The explorer wrote about a tribe that was said to be cannibals.
- An animal that eats others of its own species.
- In times of food shortage, a cannibal rat may eat its own young.
- Some species of spiders are cannibals and eat their mates.
- The aquarium had to separate the fish to prevent a cannibal from attacking the others.
- A person or thing that uses or consumes parts of something similar, especially in a destructive way.
- The old factory was a cannibal of resources, using up all the local water supply.
- In the tech world, a cannibal product is one that steals sales from another product made by the same company.
- The company became a cannibal, buying up and dismantling its smaller competitors.