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 usual one that pops into people’s heads is that fire seems to be an irreversible invention.
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Socotra needs to implement similar protections before damage becomes irreversible, Van Damme said.
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Reengaging Iran diplomatically will require a combination of military and economic assurances that are visible and irreversible, some made unilaterally by the United States and some made alongside other countries.
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We’re bombarded with too many horror stories of irreversible hair loss and too few success stories of hair recovery.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Socotra needs to implement similar protections before damage becomes irreversible, Van Damme said.
—Shane Farrell, NBC news, 28 June 2025
Reengaging Iran diplomatically will require a combination of military and economic assurances that are visible and irreversible, some made unilaterally by the United States and some made alongside other countries.
—Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2025
We’re bombarded with too many horror stories of irreversible hair loss and too few success stories of hair recovery.
—Zahra Spencer, Allure, 24 June 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 10 Jul. 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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