irreversibly

Examples

• All

• Natural systems are vulnerable to climate change, and more systems will be damaged irreversibly as global warming increases.

  Academic text (2002)

• The ecology of freshwater systems may be irreversibly damaged if we humans don't improve the way we treat them.

  Academic text (2007)

• Their bodies have been irreversibly changed.

  Triggernometry

• Before long... you will all be irreversibly losing your minds.

  Teleios (2017)

• I strongly recommend that you ask this question, since it will irreversibly change the course of your trip.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Nature has been severely, and in many cases irreversibly, damaged.

  Academic text (1993)

• If the servers are down for even a day, our reputation is irreversibly destroyed.

  The Social Network (2010)

• The habitat of a vast number of flying species is being irreversibly damaged.

  Academic text (1993)

• Since 1945, 17% of the planet's vegetated surface has been irreversibly degraded.

  Quantum of Solace (2008)

• Tetracyclines are irreversibly incorporated into fetal teeth, resulting in discoloration and a tendency to develop dental caries.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

I

irrevocably

vsirreversibly

16 7.7

So that something cannot be changed or undone

is identical in meaning, also stressing no return to the previous state

I

irreparably

vsirreversibly

9 7.5

In a way you cannot fix or make right

refers to damage rather than general inability to change back

I

irretrievably

vsirreversibly

5 8.1

In a way that cannot be changed back

focuses on inability to change back rather than only loss

I

irrecoverably

vsirreversibly

1 8.8

In a way that cannot be given back or fixed

stresses permanent loss rather than impossibility of reversal

I

irremediably

vsirreversibly

1 8.4

In a way that cannot be fixed

focuses on cureability not on returning to earlier state

I

immutably

vsirreversibly

1 8.0

In a way that cannot be changed

carries same permanence but without focusing on undoing actions

I

indissolubly

vsirreversibly

1 8.2

In a way that cannot be separated or broken

restricts permanence to bonds or unions rather than general state change

U

unrecoverably

vsirreversibly

7.8

In a way that cannot be fixed or returned to how it was before

emphasizes loss instead of the precise undoing of an action

I

inalterably

vsirreversibly

7.8

In a way that cannot be changed

is similar but specifically stresses no possible alteration

U

unchangeably

vsirreversibly

6.3

No one can make it different

is the general term for permanence, not the action of reversing

I

ineradicably

vsirreversibly

8.6

In a way that you cannot remove

focuses on removal or destruction rather than inability to revert

Antonyms

R

reversibly

1 5.1

To do something so you can undo it and it returns to its original state

How Reversible

reversibly

1 5.1

permanently

218 2.9

irreversibly

7 6.4

irrevocably

16 7.7

irretrievably

5 8.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology