(BrE also canalise) verb [VN]
1 (technical) to make a river wider, deeper or straighter; to make a river into a canal
2 (formal) to control an emotion, activity, etc. so that it is aimed at a particular purpose
SYNCHANNEL
canalization, canalisation noun [U]
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