irreparable damage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofirreparableanddamage
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irreparable
adjective
uk/ɪˈrep.ər.ə.bəl/us/ɪˈrep.ər.ə.bəl/
impossible to repair or make ...
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damage
noun
uk/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
harm ...
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(Definition ofirreparableanddamagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If the neonate is not treated urgently with prostaglandins,irreparabledamagecan occur to the kidneys and liver.
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In these accidents, 242 aircraft sufferedirreparabledamage.
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As a result, the city has sufferedirreparabledamage.
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A tremendous amount ofirreparabledamagehas already been done.
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That would doirreparabledamageto rural areas.
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Irreparabledamagewas inflicted on districts and communities.
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That must change before we do our regionirreparabledamage.
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The rule of law will sustainirreparabledamage.
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On the one hand,irreparabledamagehas already been done.
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That would doirreparabledamageto the architectural merit.
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But even before that his obsession had doneirreparabledamage.
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The policy is calculated to doirreparabledamage.
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It would doirreparabledamageto our efforts to build up the importance of education locally.
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Without energy there can be no development, just as wasting energy causesirreparabledamage.
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He also said we were doingirreparabledamageto the export trade.
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I can assure him that with this particular circular he is doingirreparabledamage.
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On what does he base his use of the words "irreparabledamage"?
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To do so might incurirreparabledamageto that worthy industry.
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By that time, of course,irreparabledamagecan already have been done.
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Matters will reach a stage at whichirreparabledamagewill have been done.
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The causing of damage, in order to prove it, meansirreparabledamage.
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Hailed as an environmental project, it has done nearirreparabledamageto fish stocks.
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There are other routes conceivable that could preventirreparabledamagebeing done to the area.
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That action didirreparabledamage, which could not be put right for something like eight years.
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There is a considerable risk that it can doirreparabledamageto bones.
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