Examples of irreversible in a Sentence
He suffered an irreversible loss of vision.
The crisis has done irreversible harm to the countries' relations.
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The Japanese Foreign Ministry warned that the country has until about 2030 before the trend is irreversible.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
More important, economists say, the rise of free trade may be irreversible, its benefits so powerful that the rest of the world finds a way to keep the system going, even without its central player.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
The strongest, which was at issue in the USAID case, is where an individual judge is trying to order something irreversible that cannot be fixed by an appeal.
—The Editors, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
According to Time and Date, observing the planet when any part of the sun is above the horizon could cause irreversible damage to your eyes, due to Venus' close proximity to the sun.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
More important, economists say, the rise of free trade may be irreversible, its benefits so powerful that the rest of the world finds a way to keep the system going, even without its central player.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
The strongest, which was at issue in the USAID case, is where an individual judge is trying to order something irreversible that cannot be fixed by an appeal.
—The Editors, National Review, 19 Mar. 2025
According to Time and Date, observing the planet when any part of the sun is above the horizon could cause irreversible damage to your eyes, due to Venus' close proximity to the sun.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Irreversible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irreversible. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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irreversible
adjective
ir·re·vers·ible
ˌir-i-ˈvər-sə-bəl 
: impossible to reverse
an irreversible chemical reaction
irreversible damage
Medical Definition
irreversible
adjective
ir·re·vers·ible
ˌir-i-ˈvər-sə-bəl
: incapable of being reversed : not reversible
an irreversible medical procedure
: as
a
: impossible to make run or take place backward
irreversible chemical syntheses
b
of a colloid
: incapable of undergoing transformation from sol to gel or vice versa
c
of a pathological process
: of such severity that recovery is impossible
irreversible brain damage
Legal Definition
irreversible
adjective
ir·re·ver·si·ble
ˌir-rə-ˈvər-sə-bəl
: not reversible
an irreversible decision
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