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sonicate

sonicate verb: to disrupt with ultrasonic sound waves.

Verb

sonicate (third-person singular simple present sonicates, present participle sonicating, simple past and past participle sonicated)

  1. (transitive) To disrupt with ultrasonic sound waves.

Forms of sonicate

third-person singular presentsonicates
present participlesonicating
past participlesonicated
pastsonicated

Origin of sonicate

From sonic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Words formed from sonicate

Questions about sonicate

What does sonicate mean?
Sonicate means to disrupt with ultrasonic sound waves.
What part of speech is sonicate?
Sonicate is a verb.
What is the past tense of sonicate?
The past tense of sonicate is sonicated.

Words near sonicate in the dictionary

  1. sonic branding
  2. sonic hedgehog
  3. sonic logo
  4. sonic logos
  5. sonically
  6. sonicate
  7. sonicated
  8. sonicates
  9. sonicating
  10. sonication
  11. sonications

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