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irreversible

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


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Where it is irreversible, the case for delegation has to be made beforehand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

Space hurls outward, falconswift, mounting like an irreversible injustice, a final disease.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner




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