irrevocably

irrevocable | American Dictionary

irrevocable
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ɪˈrev·ə·kə·bəl, ˌɪr·ɪˈvoʊ·kə-/
(esp. of a decision) impossible to change:
The court’s ruling is irrevocable.

irrevocable | Business English

irrevocable
adjective
uk /ɪˈrevəkəbl/us
impossible to change:
The judge said that the option was an irrevocable offer by the owner to sell.
The irrevocable loan facility agreed today has a term of 15 years.

irrevocably

adverb/ɪˈrevəkəbli/
What happens in the next two years may irrevocably shape the administration of whichever candidate is elected president.

Examples of irrevocable

irrevocable
For all these reasons, nobody wanted to take irrevocable steps.
Once performed, an adoption was irrevocable and the adoptive son enjoyed all the rights of natural sons.
It was almost a rite of passage which made migration to the new state a final and irrevocable act.
On the flipside, a self-directed retirement plan allows full control of assets, while the purchase of an annuity is irrevocable.
The return of the song within the song is the reaction to the irrevocable through an attempt at returning to the past.
In contrast to the positive change in exports, which may be considered to be irrevocable, the above combination is liable to change.
One of the most powerful triggers for sadness and despair is the irrevocable loss of a loved one through death.
The wheel of fortune, as the opening chapter is devoted to showing, turns in an unpredictable but irrevocable manner.
Upon pronouncing an irrevocable tal-q, however, the man must hand over the full amount.
But the process had started, and the changes were irrevocable.
There is no absolute, inevitable, or irrevocable relationship between the shape of a word or an utterance and its meaning.
But legitimacy is no final and irrevocable achievement.
A conviction in a court of law is no longer the irrevocable decision by society that it once was.
We would like to stress the point that prenatal diagnosis is a very delicate task and irrevocable decisions are often taken on the basis of the results of the procedure.
These authors urge health professionals to adopt an educational approach with patients who are contemplating irrevocable decisions with inadequate information about what type of future might be possible for them.
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