Meaning of canalise | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To convert (a river or other waterway) into a canal.
   UK, transitive
2. To build a canal through.
   UK, transitive
3. To channel the flow of.
   UK, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“. . . owing to the recent commencement of works about to be carried on on a large scale to improve⟳ and canalise the navigation of the Ebro . . .”

“Under Advance Brazil, the government plans to pave over 7000 kilometres of new Amazonian highways, canalise vast rivers and construct dozens of railways, […]”

“On the desk lay⟳ the final version of the Birth Control⟳ speech, mastered and canalized by the skilful Maisie.”

“The workers' militias, based on the trade⟳ unions and each composed of people of approximately the same political opinions, had the effect of canalizing into one place⟳ all the most revolutionary sentiment in the country.”

“...yet it is always a wise precaution in defending a frontier of hundreds of miles to bar off as much as possible by fortifications, and thus economise the use⟳ of troops in sedentary roles and "canalise" potential invasion.”

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