Meaning of IRREVERSIBLE
| Pronunciation: | | `iri'vursubul
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- [adj] impossible to reverse or be reversed; "irreversible momentum toward revolution"
- [adj] impossible to reverse or undo; "an irreversible decree"
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| | Synonyms: | | irrevocable, irrevokable, permanent |
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| | Antonyms: | | reversible | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ir`re*vers"i*ble\, a.
1. Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back;
incapable of being made to run backward; as, an
irreversible engine.
2. Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or
annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree.
This rejection of the Jews, as it is not universal,
so neither is it final and irreversible. --Jortin.
Syn: Irrevocable; irrepealable; unchangeable.
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| | Related Terms: | | beyond recall, beyond remedy, changeless, chronic, confirmed, constant, cureless, deep-dyed, deep-fixed, deep-rooted, deep-seated, deep-set, deep-settled, direct, dyed-in-the-wool, established, fast, final, fixed, gone, immediate, immedicable, immutable, implanted, incommutable, inconvertible, incorrigible, inculcated, incurable, indefeasible, inert, infixed, ingrained, inoperable, instilled, insusceptible of change, intransmutable, invariable, inveterate, irreclaimable, irrecoverable, irredeemable, irreformable, irremediable, irreparable, irretrievable, irrevocable, lasting, long-established, lost, noble, nonreturnable, nonreversible, one-way, past hope, past praying for, permanent, remediless, reverseless, rooted, ruined, set, settled, settled in habit, straight, straightaway, straightforward, straightway, terminal, thorough, unalterable, unalterative, unaltered, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeflectable, undeviating, undone, unidirectional, uninterrupted, unmitigable, unmodifiable, unrelievable, unremitting, unrestorable, unreturnable, unsalvable, unsalvageable, unsusceptible, unswerving, unvariable, unvarying |
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