cannibalise

v. i.	1.	to eat human flesh.
v. t.	1.	to use parts of (something, such as a machine), to repair something else.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	cannibalise - eat human flesh cannibalize ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
	2.	cannibalise - use parts of something to repair something else cannibalize apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"