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irremeable

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ir⋅rem⋅e⋅a⋅ble

  [i-rem-ee-uh-buhl, i-ree-mee-]
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–adjective Literary.
permitting no return to the original place or condition; irreversible.
Origin:
1560–70; < L irremeābilis, equiv. to ir- ir- 2 + remeā(re) to come back (re- re- + meāre to go; cf. permeate ) + -bilis -ble

Related forms:
ir⋅rem⋅e⋅a⋅bly, adverb
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ir·re·me·a·ble   (ĭ-rē'mē-ə-bəl)   
adj.   Archaic
Affording no possibility of return.

[Latin irremeābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + remeāre, to return (re-, re- + meāre, to go; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots).]
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