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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Yet other, more controversial projects, exacting irreversible change to capital institutions, are facing greater opposition.
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Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Meanwhile, in the ‘Before Times,’ journalist Helen Drew (Jessica Henwick) and Congressman Daniel Keene (Ashley Zukerman) uncover a conspiracy that pulls them into a chain of events with catastrophic, irreversible consequences.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
Progress that once seemed irreversible is now unraveling.
—Christina Ray Stanton, Time, 2 June 2026
Stronger public education on diabetes and hypertension, routine health monitoring, awareness of family health history, and basic lifestyle factors are all high-impact tools that enable kidney disease to be caught before irreversible damage sets in.
—Randy Simpkins, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
Meanwhile, in the ‘Before Times,’ journalist Helen Drew (Jessica Henwick) and Congressman Daniel Keene (Ashley Zukerman) uncover a conspiracy that pulls them into a chain of events with catastrophic, irreversible consequences.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
Progress that once seemed irreversible is now unraveling.
—Christina Ray Stanton, Time, 2 June 2026
Stronger public education on diabetes and hypertension, routine health monitoring, awareness of family health history, and basic lifestyle factors are all high-impact tools that enable kidney disease to be caught before irreversible damage sets in.
—Randy Simpkins, Boston Herald, 2 June 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 15 Jun. 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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