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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For some galaxies, the shutdown might be irreversible, a truly permanent end to star formation, likely due to severe gas loss.
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Yet there is nothing eternal or canonical or irreversible about this system.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
This control sequence, called a Hamiltonian, acts like Maxwell’s demon, flip-flopping a supposedly irreversible sequence of events forward to backward.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
Painting can be a dramatic transformation, but the changes are often irreversible without incurring high costs or degrading property.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
Yet there is nothing eternal or canonical or irreversible about this system.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
This control sequence, called a Hamiltonian, acts like Maxwell’s demon, flip-flopping a supposedly irreversible sequence of events forward to backward.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026
Painting can be a dramatic transformation, but the changes are often irreversible without incurring high costs or degrading property.
—Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 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 28 Apr. 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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