User blog comment:Yggdrasil Magical Tree/Star Wars versus Star Trek/@comment-4098900-20120211191510/@comment-991605-20120214070926

They cant disintigrate whole buildings, but they are effective agains organic matter such as trees. A continues burst can cut a hole in walls. This is all based off of HandPhasers, more actively seen in the close quaters battles of Starfleet vessel corridors.