irreparable harm
collocation in Englishmeaningsofirreparableandharm
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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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harm
noun[U]
uk/hɑːm/us/hɑːrm/
physical or other injury ...
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(Definition ofirreparableandharmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They are doingirreparableharm.
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Now, almostirreparableharmhas been done by these declarations.
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The dilemma is that while seeking to preserve the life of the infant, we may do it and its social support systemirreparableharm.
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Otherwise, it will become a dead letter andirreparableharmwill be done.
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We shall be forced to scramble for coal, thus doingirreparableharmto coal stocks.
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If we make a mistake now, we may doirreparableharm.
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Interim injunctions can often doirreparableharmto somebody who turns out to be entirely innocent.
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It would causeirreparableharmto the countryside that we value so much.
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It may be only a whispered message over the telephone but it doesirreparableharm.
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Those nets must doirreparableharmto the marine wildlife in the western approaches.
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The long-term damage which the situation can cause will doirreparableharmto the economy.
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He will have doneirreparableharm, but will he not then be committing theft?
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Irreparableharmwould be caused to the area if the post office were to close.
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It doesirreparableharmto tourism and our reputation as a hospitable nation.
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That would be a dreadful thing and would doirreparableharmfor the future.
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There would beirreparableharmdone to employment prospects in the area.
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Therefore, there must be a time lag before this transference takes place, and, meanwhile,irreparableharmwill be done.
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Is he aware that it this concession is not grantedirreparableharmwill be done to artists, painters and sculptors?
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It may not do anyirreparableharmat the present moment, at least as regards rationed and price controlled goods.
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Anything that damages or destroys con- fidence in local government doesirreparableharmto the whole of our democracy.
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Beyond any doubt, an ill-considered and precipitate action might doirreparableharmboth to producer and consumer.
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Many families are ostracised by the community because of associated guilt, and so the lengthy remands can causeirreparableharm.
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They have depleted the microbial population of the soil and thus, perhaps, he said, have doneirreparableharm.
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We are just coming out of a great recession and such a practice could doirreparableharm.
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Scientists immediately objected to the ruling, stating that it would doirreparableharmto the field.
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