Synonyms of channelize

channelize

verb

ˈcha-nə-ˌlīz 

as in to direct

to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway

channelized all of his resources into winning that state's crucial primary

Synonyms & Similar Words

• direct
• channel
• canalize
• funnel
• carry
• pipe
• conduct
• focus
• siphon
• convey
• transmit
• consolidate
• concentrate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of channelize

The Don River flowing through Toronto into Lake Ontario had been channelized, encased in concrete, and diverted nearly at a right angle to output at a different location. — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 June 2026

Upstream from Upper Klamath Lake, a key tributary was channelized and wetlands drained, resulting in massive amounts of phosphorus flowing into the Upper Klamath Lake and, eventually, the lower river. — Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 29 Dec. 2025

The Army Corps of Engineers channelized and paved the once-meandering river. — Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025

Those changes include channelizing the bay in some places and transforming it into dunes and marshland in others. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025

As a response to this, in the 1960s, the city added more concrete, channelizing the river in the hopes of getting runoff away from neighborhoods to Lake Michigan as fast as possible. — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024

Austin and San Antonio have dammed, altered, channelized, buried and otherwise manipulated their creeks and rivers. — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Mar. 2024