canonization
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Logging and canalisation; cotton mills and steelworks; armies on the march devoured whole rivers’ worth of fish.
From The Guardian • May 13, 2018
Oh yes, sir," replied he, again smiling; "you are anxious to know whether we really possess an elaborate system of canalisation upon Mars, and I can soon set your mind at rest upon that point.
From To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story by Wicks, Mark
With the future growth of population, the construction of lateral railways and, later, perhaps the partial canalisation of rivers, there is no limit to the possibilities of internal water communication.
From South America and the War by Kirkpatrick, F. A. (Frederick Alexander)
The first has been the canalisation, the fencing in of the tideways; the second has been the banking out of the general sea.
From Hills and the Sea by Belloc, Hilaire
