irreversible damage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofirreversibleanddamage
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irreversible
adjective
uk/ˌɪr.ɪˈvɜː.sə.bəl/us/ˌɪr.əˈvɝː.sə.bəl/
not possible to change; impossible to return to a ...
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damage
noun
uk/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
harm ...
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(Definition ofirreversibleanddamagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This process culminates inirreversibledamageto cartilage, bone and tendon.
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In the long run,irreversibledamagemight reach a point where human life becomes highly vulnerable.
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This modification results in incorrect codes being transmitted from the nucleic acids and causesirreversibledamageto the microorganisms.
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Irreversibledamageis done to cells in the inner ear.
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Irreversibledamagemay be done, especially to a listed building.
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The overall degradation of the diffraction suggests that the reversible effects are also accompanied by gradualirreversibledamageto the lattice.
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However, in old age it is more likely that the disease process will have reached an advanced stage, withirreversibledamage.
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Public participation in land-use planning has many positive impacts, such as avoiding mistakes, avoiding conflicts among land users, and preventingirreversibledamageto natural resources.
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The next ten years will be crucial in combating climate change and avoidingirreversibledamage.
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These are just a few instances of theirreversibledamagewhich is being done.
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I ask him to change course before the negotiations doirreversibledamage.
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By the time they admit that, muchirreversibledamagewill have been done.
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In my judgment it will do grave and possiblyirreversibledamageto the legal system.
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If an action is likely to result inirreversibledamage, we need to be extremely careful.
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Inaction, procrastination and exhausting conferences will lead only toirreversibledamageto the environment.
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This could be due to laser lysis of trophectoderm cells: excessive exposure of overexpanded blastocysts to the laser beam may have causedirreversibledamageand degeneration.
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Cerebral infarction causesirreversibledamageto the brain.
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Irreversibledamageto neural tissue occurs after only 90 minutes.
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I understand that this means that because insufficient oxygen was reaching it, the brain sufferedirreversibledamage.
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The blanketing of this area with coniferous plantations is doingirreversibledamageto a unique and delicately evolved wild habitat.
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These people have monstrous lead levels in their blood,irreversibledamage, and need immediate and urgent relocation and medical treatment.
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It poses a great danger ofirreversibledamageto the credibility and reputation of this country in the world.
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All those people who do not get those drugs will suffer furtherirreversibledamageto their health.
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I am particularly concerned about the oftenirreversibledamagethat is done by minerals developments in the parks.
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