irreversible

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ADJ.

biological, final, global, inevitable, leading, mental

VERB + IRREVERSIBLE

aging, aren't, become, cause, causes, change, damage, effects

IRREVERSIBLE + NOUN

brain, desertification, engine, loss

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permanently

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1

Incapable of being reversed or turned about or back; incapable of being made to run backwards.

an irreversible engine

2

Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled.

an irreversible sentence or decree

Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.

3

Incapable of being reversed to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy.

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an irreversible engine

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an irreversible sentence or decree

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Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irrev

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The death penalty is final and irreversible.

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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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