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irreversible

[ir-i-vur-suh-buhl] / ˌɪr ɪˈvɜr sə bəl /


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When it doesn’t match your wishes, the consequences can be devastating and, in many cases, irreversible.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

The surgery would be irreversible and would mean, for example, that Jewell would not be able to breastfeed in future.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Instead, chromosome changes tend to move along a restricted set of irreversible pathways that the researchers describe as "evolutionary highways."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026

Because action enters a web of other lives, its consequences are unpredictable and irreversible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Lelia cried easily, but back then in our early days I didn’t know and each time she wept I feared the worst, that it meant something catastrophic was happening between us, an irreversible damage.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee




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