irreversible

Example Sentences

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Nonetheless, the degradation of the Islamic Republic as a military and nuclear power has been enormous and is likely irreversible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

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

"He said it was irreversible and that he will never get Agrofert back. Which is not true because the fund enables that," he added.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

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

From "Grendel" by John Gardner