To aggressively annex or absorb smaller entities, like a snake devouring and a whale swallowing; to ruthlessly expand by taking over weaker opponents.
这家大型科技公司凭借其市场主导地位，对新兴小企业进行了蛇食鲸吞般的收购，迅速扩大了其业务版图。
This large tech company, leveraging its dominant market position, carried out acquisitions of emerging small businesses in a manner of 'snake devouring and whale swallowing,' rapidly expanding its business footprint.
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Ancient
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