irrevocable

[ ih-rev-uh-kuh-buh l ]

/ ɪˈrɛv ə kə bəl /

not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.

Origin of irrevocable

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word irrevocābilis. See ir-², revocable

ir·rev·o·ca·bil·i·ty, ir·rev·o·ca·ble·ness, noun ir·rev·o·ca·bly, adverb non·ir·rev·o·ca·bil·i·ty, noun non·ir·rev·o·ca·ble, adjective

non·ir·rev·o·ca·ble·ness, noun non·ir·rev·o·ca·bly, adverb

Just when the Putins left the Soviet Union, that country began to change drastically and irrevocably.

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Despite the one concussion combined, their careers have been irrevocably influenced by injury.

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Also, the long running fan favorite , the Ethiopian Immigration, was “irrevocably” canceled… for the fourth time.

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That new cloud-computing technology will irrevocably change the community banking system.

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If you have to ask whether Star Trek is like Star Wars, you are horribly, irrevocably misguided.

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We both made a bitter mistake; but now it is over, and irrevocably so.

My Recollections of Lord Byron |Teresa Guiccioli
Down to Ferry Hill's twenty-five yards swept the line of battle, slowly, irrevocably.

The Crimson Sweater |Ralph Henry Barbour
All that I was conscious of was the fact that Lucy was gone, irrevocably, as I feared.

Humphrey Bold |Herbert Strang
And that object for years, was irrevocably, to care for the sick and bury the dead.

The Forged Note |Oscar Micheaux
A closer inspection of the ruins, revealing beauties not yet departed, leads to an apprehension of what has been irrevocably lost.

Monumental Java |J. F. Scheltema

irrevocable

/ (ɪˈrɛvəkəbəl) /

not able to be revoked, changed, or undone; unalterable

irrevocability or irrevocableness, noun irrevocably, adverb