irrevocably

Examples

• All

• Recently, however, the assumption that young people are irrevocably scarred by violence has been challenged.

  Academic text (2000)

• Some have argued that globalization has irrevocably changed the nature of the international system.

  Academic text (2003)

• And the case is irrevocably closed.

  Trade Winds (1938)

• His soul has been damaged irrevocably.

  The Sticky Fingers of Time (1997)

• My views on schooling were irrevocably shaped by my own early education.

  Academic text (1992)

• Stunned, Franz suddenly realizes that school time has irrevocably changed as a result of the war.

  Academic text (2000)

• Frank's reputation would be irrevocably tarnished, and he could kiss his chances with Artemis goodbye.

  Fiction book (2001)

• I typed a letter to the Reverend and Mrs. J. L. Courtnay, on their son's Remington, informing them that my experiences in Germany had changed me irrevocably.

  The Good Liar (2019)

• After the accident, she knew her perspective on life had changed irrevocably.

• The decision to move abroad affected their relationship irrevocably.

Synonyms

P

permanently

vsirrevocably

218 2.9

Stays the same for all time

implies permanence but adds that the situation cannot be reversed or undone

I

irreparably

vsirrevocably

9 7.5

In a way you cannot fix or make right

is broader, applying to any change that cannot be undone or reversed

I

irreversibly

vsirrevocably

7 6.4

In a way that cannot be changed back

is the same idea emphasizing irreversible finality rather than the process

I

indelibly

vsirrevocably

7 7.2

In a way that cannot be removed or forgotten

is about final change or undoing, not about lasting marks or memory

I

irretrievably

vsirrevocably

5 8.1

In a way that cannot be changed back

is about inability to be changed back rather than inability to recover

U

unalterably

vsirrevocably

2 7.0

In a way that nobody can change

adds the sense that the change cannot be undone or reversed

I

immutably

vsirrevocably

1 8.0

In a way that cannot be changed

stresses inability to reverse or undo a prior action rather than fixedness

I

irrecoverably

vsirrevocably

1 8.8

In a way that cannot be given back or fixed

focuses more on being unable to be reversed than on recovery

I

irremediably

vsirrevocably

1 8.4

In a way that cannot be fixed

covers any unchangeable result, not only things that resist repair

I

inalterably

vsirrevocably

7.8

In a way that cannot be changed

focuses on being unable to be reversed or undone rather than just altered

U

unchangeably

vsirrevocably

6.3

No one can make it different

highlights specifically that past changes cannot be undone or reversed

U

unrecoverably

vsirrevocably

7.8

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

emphasizes permanent inability to undo a change rather than just loss

How Reversible

reversibly

1 5.1

permanently

218 2.9

irreversibly

7 6.4

irrevocably

16 7.7

irretrievably

5 8.1

Surface Forms

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Etymology