v.
Pronunciation: ' sä-n ə - ˌ k ā t
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -cat · ed ; -cat · ing
Etymology: sonic + 4 -ate
Date: 1959
: to disrupt (as bacterial cells) by exposure to high-frequency sound waves
– son · i · ca · tion \ ˌ sä-n ə - ' k ā -sh ə n \ noun