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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As ecosystems around the world increasingly face extreme and sometimes irreversible damage due to human activity, these nine planetary boundaries help define safe limits for the earth, from ozone depletion and air pollution to ocean acidification and climate change.
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Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has signaled that this step would require a credible and irreversible pathway to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
—Ruxandra Iordache,emma Graham, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Other times it’s used in a more specific and technical way, to signify an irreversible bifurcation that has a rigorous mathematical definition.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The lake, which spans northwestern Iran, has been reduced to a fraction of its former size, with officials and scientists warning of potentially irreversible ecological and human consequences.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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Elisabeth Brier, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has signaled that this step would require a credible and irreversible pathway to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
—Ruxandra Iordache,emma Graham, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Other times it’s used in a more specific and technical way, to signify an irreversible bifurcation that has a rigorous mathematical definition.
—Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The lake, which spans northwestern Iran, has been reduced to a fraction of its former size, with officials and scientists warning of potentially irreversible ecological and human consequences.
—Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Irreversible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irreversible. Accessed 19 Sep. 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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