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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Imagine being just 24 years old, newly fitted with an irreversible colostomy and told to start dying.
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Carissa Talmage, People.com, 2 May 2025
Yet many feel that a profound and irreversible shift has already occurred.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
Francis died from complications related to a stroke, followed by a coma and irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
So that text of a irreversible path for Ukraine into NATO stands and is still totally valid.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
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Carissa Talmage, People.com, 2 May 2025
Yet many feel that a profound and irreversible shift has already occurred.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
Francis died from complications related to a stroke, followed by a coma and irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
So that text of a irreversible path for Ukraine into NATO stands and is still totally valid.
—Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for irreversible
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“Irreversible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irreversible. Accessed 17 May. 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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