. . . 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 . . .
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Canalise
//ˈkæn.ə.laɪz//
Synonyms for "canalise" (3 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 9 languages.
Danish
2 entries- kanalisere verb (to convert into a canal)
- kanalisere verb (to channel the flow of)
German
2 entries- kanalisieren verb (to convert into a canal)
- kanalisieren verb (to channel the flow of)
Hungarian
4 entries- csatornáz verb (to build a canal through)
- folyat verb (to channel the flow of)
- irányít verb (to channel the flow of)
- terel verb (to channel the flow of)
Indonesian
3 entries- membuat kanal verb (to build a canal through)
- menganalkan verb (to convert into a canal)
- menyalurkan verb (to channel the flow of)
Irish
1 entries- treoraigh verb (to channel the flow of)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kanalisere verb (to convert into a canal)
- kanalisere verb (to channel the flow of)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- kanalisere verb (to convert into a canal)
- kanalisere verb (to channel the flow of)
Romanian
1 entries- canaliza verb (to convert into a canal)
Swedish
2 entries- kanalisera verb (to convert into a canal)
- kanalisera verb (to channel the flow of)
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Under Advance Brazil, the government plans to pave over 7000 kilometres of new Amazonian highways, canalise vast rivers and construct dozens of railways, […]
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On the desk lay the final version of the Birth Control speech, mastered and canalized by the skilful Maisie.
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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.
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