Sonic disruption
Sonic disruption was an application in the field of acoustics which applied the use of ultrasonics to disrupt matter. Such an effect was produced by disruptor-type weapons or planetary disruptor banks, or by certain improvised configurations.

In 2267, most of the actual weaponry in use by the civilization of Eminiar VII operated on this principle. During an attack on the , the Eminians fired extremely powerful sonic vibrations, at a level of 1812 decibels. The attack would have been successful at sonically disrupting the Enterprise had it not had its screens employed. ()

Around that same time, Kirk and Spock were able to use two communicators to disrupt a weakness in a cliff face, causing a rockslide. They accomplished the feat by using sound waves to produce a sympathetic vibration on the weak area of the slide. ()
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