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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While global warming is likely irreversible on human timescales, studies show that if humanity reaches a point of zero carbon emissions, further global warming can be stopped.
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Simmone Shah, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
But 1 in 200 will experience irreversible paralysis when the virus invades their nervous system.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Or Hezbollah could wait for parliamentary elections, scheduled for May, in the hope that more sympathetic leaders will be voted in (although the President described the ban on Hezbollah’s military activities as irreversible, and elections may be delayed).
—Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
Cohen treats workers who breathed in high amounts of this material in the mines for decades, causing irreversible damage.
—Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Simmone Shah, Time, 6 Mar. 2026
But 1 in 200 will experience irreversible paralysis when the virus invades their nervous system.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Or Hezbollah could wait for parliamentary elections, scheduled for May, in the hope that more sympathetic leaders will be voted in (although the President described the ban on Hezbollah’s military activities as irreversible, and elections may be delayed).
—Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
Cohen treats workers who breathed in high amounts of this material in the mines for decades, causing irreversible damage.
—Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
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 10 Mar. 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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