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Cannibalism
Cannibalism meaning
The act of eating another of one's own species. | An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind. | In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same.
Example sentences (20)
Kim Jong-il was reported to have ordered a crackdown on cannibalism in 1996. citation Chinese travellers reported in 1998 that cannibalism had occurred.
Such cases generally involve necro-cannibalism (eating the corpse of someone who is already dead) as opposed to homicidal cannibalism (killing someone for food).
The forms of cannibalism described included both resorting to human flesh during famines and ritual cannibalism, the latter usually consisting of eating a small portion of an enemy warrior.
As her downward spiral continues, Shauna puts makeup on Jackie’s face and becomes the first to succumb to some low-grade cannibalism—eating Jackie’s ear.
Behavioral experiments with the migratory locust Locusta migratoria showed that cannibalism rates increased with the number of gregarious animals that were kept together in a cage.
Everything about him, from his cannibalism to his threat to Ellie, marks him as a wicked character.
Hammer may have been trying to put the horrific cannibalism and rape allegations behind him, but they were thrown into the spotlight once again thanks to the doc.
I hope there’s no cannibalism involved.
In terms of non-zombie cannibalism stories, viewers have been spoiled for choice, as suggests.
In these contexts, cannibalism runs parallel to extreme wealth and privilege within a capitalist system, in which wealth often comes at the expense and exploitation of other less privileged humans.
It symbolizes starvation and depravity faced by those braving the American West, usually resulting in cannibalism.
They found 13 showed evidence of cannibalism, ten of burial and two a combination.
We get a mix of drama, cannibalism, and murder as we uncover the truth about a high school soccer team’s survival after a plane crash.
While both of these timelines contain graphic content, ' flashbacks are notorious for tackling taboo subjects such as cannibalism.
While not exactly cannibalism, the impression is there symbolically.
At Harper Farm in Leeds - where 46,000 hens are housed across six sheds - investigators witnessed 'distressing' scenes of overcrowding, cannibalism, neglect and bullying.
He invokes cannibalism to describe civil war, saying that it is akin to using bits of fish to lure more fish or cutting off a mouse’s tail to use as bait in a mouse trap.
His ex Courtney Vucekovich has also accused him of cannibalism, telling Page Six he allegedly told her he “wants to break my rib and barbecue and eat it” – a claim Armie also denied.
In a twisted manner, Jacob killed Benedict by pushing him off a cliff, and to make matters even worse, he resorted to cannibalism and fed off the flesh of his best friend.
Indeed, cellular cannibalism is not as rare as you might expect: Millions of old red blood cells are eliminated from the human body this way every second.