irreversible

Example Sentences

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They include having a "serious and incurable illness", making a "voluntary request that is not the result of external pressure" and being in an "advanced state of irreversible decline in capability".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

"Especially in cities and in places with low knowledge about balanced diets, a price shock can worsen the quality of nutrition such that the consequences are long term and irreversible."

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

In Ukraine, that movement felt faster, heavier, irreversible.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

The accord was criticised by the EU which said it could cause "irreversible" damage to the dwindling North Atlantic mackerel population.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

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

From "Grendel" by John Gardner