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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With the climate, these points of no return are specific moments when the planet has warmed so much that certain effects become irreversible.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Hospitals are also reporting rapid-onset blindness, irreversible comas and organ failure within hours of ingestion.
—Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
The customer service representative informed the man both transactions had been completed and all transactions are final and irreversible, according to the complaint.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
Although, at this time, a president cannot legally order irreversible mass layoffs solely because of a shutdown.
—Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
Hospitals are also reporting rapid-onset blindness, irreversible comas and organ failure within hours of ingestion.
—Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
The customer service representative informed the man both transactions had been completed and all transactions are final and irreversible, according to the complaint.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2025
Although, at this time, a president cannot legally order irreversible mass layoffs solely because of a shutdown.
—Cameron Schoppa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
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 17 Oct. 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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