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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Our greatest fear is that something irreversible is being hidden from us.
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Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
Iran’s situation isn’t a short term disaster, but a rolling, long-term catastrophe bringing irreversible damages, said Kaveh Madani, director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, who previously served as deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
Pardons, on the other hand, are irreversible.
—Ben Adler, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025
Photos can sustain irreversible damage from high humidity inside a shed.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2025
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Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025
Iran’s situation isn’t a short term disaster, but a rolling, long-term catastrophe bringing irreversible damages, said Kaveh Madani, director of the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, who previously served as deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 1 Dec. 2025
Pardons, on the other hand, are irreversible.
—Ben Adler, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025
Photos can sustain irreversible damage from high humidity inside a shed.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Irreversible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irreversible. Accessed 8 Dec. 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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