The death penalty is final and irreversible.
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Irreversible
//ˌɪr.ɪˈvɝ.sə.bəl//
Synonyms for "irreversible" (100 found)
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Related words (50)
irrevocablelastinglong establishedlong-establishedlostnoblenonreturnablenonreversibleone-waypast hopepast praying forremedilessresolutereverselessrootedruinedsetsettledsettled in habitstraight
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straightawaystraightforwardstraightwayterminalthoroughunalterableunalterativeunalteredunbrokenunchangeableunchangedunchangingundeflectableundeviatingundoneunidirectionaluninterruptedunmitigableunmodifiableunrelievableunremittingunrestorableunreturnableunsalvableunsalvageableunsusceptibleunswervingunvariableunvarying
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
3 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 31 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- անշրջելի adj (incapable of being reversed)
Belarusian
1 entries- неабарача́льны adj (incapable of being reversed)
Bulgarian
2 entries- необратим adj (incapable of being reversed)
- неотменим adj (incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled)
Catalan
1 entries- irreversible adj (incapable of being reversed)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 不可逆 adj (incapable of being reversed)
- 不可逆轉的 /不可逆转的 adj (incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled)
- 無可挽回的 /无可挽回的 adj (incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled)
Czech
1 entries- nevratný adj (incapable of being reversed)
Dutch
1 entries- onomkeerbaar adj (incapable of being reversed)
Esperanto
2 entries- nereversebla adj (incapable of being reversed)
- nereversebla adj (incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled)
Estonian
1 entries- pöördumatu adj (incapable of being reversed)
Finnish
1 entries- peruuttamaton adj (incapable of being reversed)
French
1 entries- irréversible adj (incapable of being reversed)
Georgian
3 entries- არაუკუქცევადი adj (incapable of being reversed)
- გამოუსწორებადი adj (incapable of being reversed)
- შეუქცევადი adj (incapable of being reversed)
German
2 entries- irreversibel adj (incapable of being reversed)
- unumkehrbar adj (incapable of being reversed)
Greek
2 entries- αδιάστρεπτος adj (incapable of being reversed)
- αμετάτρεπτος adj (incapable of being reversed)
Hungarian
1 entries- visszafordíthatatlan adj (incapable of being reversed)
Irish
1 entries- dochúlaithe adj (incapable of being reversed)
Italian
1 entries- irreversibile adj (incapable of being reversed)
Japanese
1 entries- 不可逆 adj (incapable of being reversed)
Korean
2 entries- 돌이킬 수 없는 adj (incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled)
- 뒤집을 수 없는 adj (incapable of being reversed)
Manx
2 entries- neuyantagh cur ergooyl adj (incapable of being reversed)
- neuyantagh dy chur er ash adj (incapable of being reversed)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- irreversibel adj (incapable of being reversed)
- irreversibel adj (incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- irreversibel adj (incapable of being reversed)
- irreversibel adj (incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled)
Polish
2 entries- nieodwołalny adj (incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled)
- nieodwracalny adj (incapable of being reversed)
Portuguese
2 entries- irreversível adj (incapable of being reversed)
- irreversível adj (incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled)
Romanian
1 entries- ireversibil adj (incapable of being reversed)
Russian
1 entries- необрати́мый adj (incapable of being reversed)
Spanish
1 entries- irreversible adj (incapable of being reversed)
Swedish
2 entries- irreversibel adj (incapable of being reversed)
- oåterkallelig adj (incapable of being reversed)
Tagalog
2 entries- ditumbalikin adj (incapable of being reversed)
- ditumbalikin adj (incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled)
Ukrainian
2 entries- незворотний adj (incapable of being reversed)
- необоротни́й adj (incapable of being reversed)
Welsh
1 entries- anghildroadwy adj (incapable of being reversed)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
But few people ponder over the fact that copying English words, terms and phrases causes irreversible mental changes.
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Lead can cause irreversible brain damage.
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The damage is irreversible.
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