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ir⋅re⋅vers⋅i⋅ble

   [ir-i-vur-suh-buhl]
–adjective
not reversible; incapable of being changed: His refusal is irreversible.
Origin:
1620–30; ir- 2 + reversible
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Language Translation for : irreversible
Spanish: irreversible, German: unwiderruflich, Japanese: 逆にできない
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ir·re·vers·i·ble     (ĭr'ĭ-vûr'sə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Impossible to reverse: an irreversible momentum toward open revolution.

ir're·vers'i·bil'i·ty, ir're·vers'i·ble·ness n., ir're·vers'i·bly adv.
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irreversible

adjective
incapable of being reversed; "irreversible momentum toward revolution" [ant: reversible] 

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Irreversible

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 Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree.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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