Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an irreversible manner; so as not to be reversed or annulled.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an irreversible manner.
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- adverb In an
irreversible manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an irreversible manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Britain's partners committed themselves "irreversibly" to the establishment of a common currency by 1999 at the latest.
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Arctic had "irreversibly" "tipped" "past the point of no return", but now it looks like the reports of the Arctic's death were exaggerated.
Watts Up With That? Anthony Watts 2010
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Doctors later found those medications caused the fetus to be "irreversibly" damaged.
Crosswalk.com - Home Russ Jones 2010
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Arctic had "irreversibly" "tipped" "past the point of no return", but now it looks like the reports of the Arctic's death were exaggerated.
Watts Up With That? Anthony Watts 2010
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Sarah Palin called for President Obama to boycott climate change talks in Copenhagen, saying programs to limit emissions would "irreversibly" hurt the American economy.
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Dr. Greenbaum demonstrated that BAACs kill P. falciparum irreversibly, meaning the cells do not recover when the agent is depleted.
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Imagine the internet being irreversibly jammed by terrorists or blocked by governments hostile to global interaction.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Imagine the internet being irreversibly jammed by terrorists or blocked by governments hostile to global interaction.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Gunpowder irreversibly altered the art of warfare; and
Clarence B. Jones: The Pursuit of Excellence and the Challenge to Dream Clarence B. Jones 2011
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Gunpowder irreversibly altered the art of warfare; and
Clarence B. Jones: The Pursuit of Excellence and the Challenge to Dream Clarence B. Jones 2011
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