cannibalize
verb (used with object)
to subject to cannibalism.
were cannibalizing
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past progressiveof cannibalize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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You couldn’t not make the iPhone successful because you were cannibalizing the iPod business.
From The Verge ● May 3, 2022
“You couldn’t not make the iPhone successful because you were cannibalizing the iPod business.”
From The Verge ● May 3, 2022
Together they were cannibalizing one of the best scripts, by Arthur Laurents.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2018
The human eye is drawn to images, and paid ads don’t have images; clearly, authorship photos were cannibalizing paid ad clicks.”
From Forbes ● Jul. 17, 2014
