canalize

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[ˈkanəlʌɪz], (Verb)

Definitions:
- convert (a river) into a navigable canal
(e.g: successive railway engineers were to divert and canalize many miles of river)

- convey (something) through a duct or channel
(e.g: a narrow strait can so canalize the tide that a powerful current is developed)


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