cannibalize
verb (used with object)
to subject to cannibalism.
had cannibalized
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past perfectof cannibalize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Guns N’ Roses, which had cannibalized rock’s past wearing the uniform of hard rock that had been established a generation earlier, had chops, but their presentation screamed louder: Ambition had overtaken attitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2017
