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 Institute and Faculty of Actuaries, respected worldwide as a global authority on financial risk, has warned withdrawals from nature have far exceeded deposits and many of our accounts are now overdrawn, risking irreversible collapse.
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Nina Seega, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
San Antonio headed to the locker room with a seemingly irreversible 76-49 lead before the Knicks rallied to do their Team of Destiny thing.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
Lee’s attorneys had argued that, by filing an emergency appeal, Alabama was asking the Supreme Court to make an irreversible life-or-death decision without the full review of the regular appeal process.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 11 June 2026
The encyclical’s strongest warning is that lethal and irreversible decisions must never be entrusted to artificial systems.
—Vilas Dhar, Time, 10 June 2026
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Nina Seega, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
San Antonio headed to the locker room with a seemingly irreversible 76-49 lead before the Knicks rallied to do their Team of Destiny thing.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
Lee’s attorneys had argued that, by filing an emergency appeal, Alabama was asking the Supreme Court to make an irreversible life-or-death decision without the full review of the regular appeal process.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 11 June 2026
The encyclical’s strongest warning is that lethal and irreversible decisions must never be entrusted to artificial systems.
—Vilas Dhar, Time, 10 June 2026
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“Irreversible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irreversible. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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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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