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He suffered an irreversible loss of vision.
The crisis has done irreversible harm to the countries' relations.
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The other, an election interference case brought against former President Donald Trump, is on hold indefinitely as an appellate court weighs accusations that Willis had an irreversible conflict of interest due to her past romantic relationship with a prosecutor.
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Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 June 2024
Who is the real villain here: the hospital secretly inflicting irreversible damage on children or the doctor brave enough to speak out?
—The Editors, National Review, 13 June 2024
My initial letter was pragmatic: The events are irreversible, so move on.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
Early Diagnosis Key for Mitigating Joint Damage Joint damage is irreversible.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 5 June 2024
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Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 June 2024
Who is the real villain here: the hospital secretly inflicting irreversible damage on children or the doctor brave enough to speak out?
—The Editors, National Review, 13 June 2024
My initial letter was pragmatic: The events are irreversible, so move on.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
Early Diagnosis Key for Mitigating Joint Damage Joint damage is irreversible.
—Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 5 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for irreversible
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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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