irreversible decline
collocation in Englishmeaningsofirreversibleanddecline
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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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decline
noun[S or U]
uk/dɪˈklaɪn/us/dɪˈklaɪn/
when something becomes less in amount, importance, quality, ...
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(Definition ofirreversibleanddeclinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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With some complexities, these seemed to cause a rapid andirreversibledeclinein light sensitivity.
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The length of widowhood did not predict memory performance, suggesting that bereavement causes anirreversibledeclinein memory performance, at least during the average 37 months of bereavement.
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In order to understand what lies behind the practice of covers and their slow butirreversibledecline, it is necessary to ask a few questions of a theoretical nature.
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The one-time orthodoxy that religious movements were inirreversibledeclinehas taken some savage knocks in recent years.
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The depopulation and abandonment of pastures in progress are grave symptoms of anirreversibledeclinecaused by our insensitivity to the mountains.
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That is not the performance of a country inirreversibledecline.
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That is where something must be done; otherwise, we may go intoirreversibledecline.
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We were in the position where the economy was declining and where it was more than likely to go into anirreversibledecline.
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It is a sure sign that we live in a country whose culture is inirreversibledecline.
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We want to know about that because until now, the process has been seen as one ofirreversibledecline.
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It was assumed that the rail industry was in long-term, established andirreversibledecline.
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If that programme is not undertaken, there will be an inevitable and possiblyirreversibledeclinein the inner city areas.
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Otherwise, like so many ex-empires in the past, we may plunge into someirreversibledecline.
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We must learn that lesson and prevent it happening here before we reach that state ofirreversibledecline.
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The frequent and repetitive nature of ozone exposure might contribute to the development ofirreversibledeclineof lung function as well as to structural lung damage.
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It must be recognised that in the past there was undoubtedly a feeling that the coal industry was no more than a survival, doomed toirreversibledeclineand early extinction.
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But it is an inescapable fact that matters have now reached a critical stage and that unless substantial action is taken the rural economy faces serious and possiblyirreversibledecline.
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If that tangled skein of services is broken and if certain of those shops close, the whole balance of the community is lost and the area begins anirreversibledecline.
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Proclaiming the precise moment that began the magazine'sirreversibledeclinehas long been sport.
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It is estimated that agricultural land degradation is leading to anirreversibledeclinein fertility on about 6 million ha of fertile land each year.
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