canalize

IPA: kˈænʌɫaɪz

Examples of "canalize" in Sentences

It is a tough job to canalize.
The people canalized the tunnel.
Used in the defense, persistent chemical agents can deny the enemy certain terrain and canalize attacking forces.
"canalize" the waterways that the canal had originally avoided: The Mohawk, Oswego, Seneca and Clyde rivers and Oneida Lake.
Also, France, Germany, and Luxembourg agreed to canalize the Moselle River, connecting the Lorraine steel industry with the Ruhr Valley.
Minefields laid by fixed-wing aircraft or helicopters can also be useful in this phase to delay the enemy force or canalize the enemy attack.
He agreed that the first option was out of the question, and accepted the moves to “canalize” the revolutionary upheaval and ask for an end to the fighting.22
The underwater potential has not been evaluated, but it is believed that geological faults canalize water in a disorganized fashion in limestone subsoils such as this.
So adjustments are usually made down at the tactical level, whether it's the standoff distance or where you put sandbags, how much wire you put out, what you use to canalize or channelize the movement of vehicles that might approach.
However, on the basis of plausibility which I recognize to be an imperfect measure, it seems more likely that pornography would canalize and strengthen a sexual deviation, leading to an eventual acting out of fantasy, than that it would provide an outlet for a sexual deviation sufficient to preclude acting out.