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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Experts believe misinformation is leading to this decline but strongly recommend vitamin K shots to prevent irreversible harm.
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Forced to make a restrained but irreversible decision, the film observes a man whose inner truth remains elusive, caught between devotion, dignity and loss.
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This is the result of the irreversible loss of storage capacity during the first charge, as the battery is being manufactured.
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Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
Experts believe misinformation is leading to this decline but strongly recommend vitamin K shots to prevent irreversible harm.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 27 Jan. 2026
Forced to make a restrained but irreversible decision, the film observes a man whose inner truth remains elusive, caught between devotion, dignity and loss.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
This is the result of the irreversible loss of storage capacity during the first charge, as the battery is being manufactured.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 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 3 Feb. 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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