Having been converted into or directed through a canal; channeled or constrained to follow a specific path.
Past participle of canalise. The -d ending marks completed action. British English spelling of canalized.
Many European rivers are now canalised—the River Thames, for example—meaning they've been straightened, widened, or otherwise engineered to serve human needs, a visible mark of industrial progress.
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