Definition of irreversible
: not reversible
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Examples of irreversible in a Sentence
He suffered an irreversible loss of vision.
The crisis has done irreversible harm to the countries' relations.
Recent Examples of irreversible from the Web
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That’s especially the case now that economic momentum for renewable energy appears to be irreversible.
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The decline of psychoanalytic authority among mental health professionals may be irreversible.
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That’s the upper limit scientists have set to keep climate change from hitting an irreversible tipping point, unleashing catastrophic floods, droughts and storms.
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That is the point at which scientists say the planet will tip into a future of irreversible rising seas and melting ice sheets.
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Yet the mind perceives time as an irreversible stream, moving from past to future, experienced in the present.
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First Known Use of irreversible
1630
IRREVERSIBLE Defined for English Language Learners
irreversible
playDefinition of irreversible for English Language Learners
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: impossible to change back to a previous condition or state
IRREVERSIBLE Defined for Kids
irreversible
playDefinition of irreversible for Students
: impossible to change back to a previous condition : impossible to reverse irreversible harm
Medical Dictionary
irreversible
playMedical Definition of irreversible
: incapable of being reversed : not reversible an irreversible medical procedure: asa: impossible to make run or take place backward irreversible chemical synthesesbof a colloid : incapable of undergoing transformation from sol to gel or vice versacof a pathological process : of such severity that recovery is impossible irreversible brain damage
Law Dictionary
irreversible
playLegal Definition of irreversible
: not reversible an irreversible decision
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