Usage examples (28)

• "canalize" the waterways that the canal had originally avoided: The Mohawk, Oswego, Seneca and Clyde rivers and Oneida Lake.
• Used in the defense, persistent chemical agents can deny the enemy certain terrain and canalize attacking forces.
• Also, France, Germany, and Luxembourg agreed to canalize the Moselle River, connecting the Lorraine steel industry with the Ruhr Valley.
• I canalize most readily and learned very early indeed how to predict and avoid incidents which would result in Daddy's applying his theories and his hand.