Time is running out on a problem, which, if real, is hugely serious in its impacts and potentially irreversible.    From LearnThat.org.  [www.yourdictionary.com]

irreversible momentum toward revolution.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

He was short, though, on specifics for preventing what he called irreversible catastrophe.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 22, 2009] Reference

The number of bookstores peaked and is in "irreversible decline," Cader says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Decade in books: Writers work magic, delivery has transformed] Reference

The time left to stem the warming trend before it becomes irreversible is short.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harry Reid, The Man Who Never Says Goodbye] Reference

How often has he spoken out on behalf of people in irreversible comas or persistent vegetative states?.    From Wordnik.com.  [mjh's blog — 2005 — March] Reference

It deprives the public of our rights to be included in irreversible decisions concerning our own land.    From Wordnik.com.  [Montana To Consider Bill Protecting Fish Habitat and Forest Jobs] Reference

In the West, the medieval era appeared to be in irreversible decline as early as the thirteenth century.    From Wordnik.com.  [Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:] Reference

"We're approaching what you could actually, cautiously, term irreversible momentum in the east," Gen. Tucker said.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. Faces Rising Violence in Southern Afghanistan] Reference

The trend, which appears to be irreversible, is to stage the championship in domed stadiums holding 40,000 or more.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Few arenas can handle NCAA men's Final Four] Reference

Progress in irreversible phenomena theory leads us also to reconsideration of their insertion into classical and quantum dynamics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ilya Prigogine - Autobiography] Reference

In his youth, my father had caught a terrible disease: streptococcal arthritis, ending in irreversible lesions in the aortic valves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luc Montagnier - Autobiography] Reference

In contrast, high-intensity illumination results in irreversible kindling and allows for stable highlighting similar to PA-GFP (Figure 6 (f)).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference

The post-1945 Western regime, whose victory over all pre-Reformation or anti-Enlightenment forces appears final and irreversible, is the Whig millennium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Types of Civilized Societies « Isegoria] Reference

This could potentially be a long term irreversible process that pushes humanity into an ever diminishing remnant population over many centuries or millennia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientist Discusses Latest Report of Rising Global Temperatures | Universe Today] Reference

Sequences of this sort are called irreversible processes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American] Reference

Cardiac death is defined as the irreversible absence of circulatory and respiratory function.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference

In a new treatment called irreversible electrophoresis, interventional radiologists use a higher voltage to cause permanent damage to cancer cells.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheDenverChannel.com - Local News] Reference

"irreversible" -- foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast it said it remained open to a deal with the West.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

Moloantoa Molaba said the strike was "irreversible".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Atla-Hi button had set us on some kind of irreversible automatic.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Night of the Long Knives] Reference

Daily, we've been told that "irreversible" is how they describe their nuclear program.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 25, 2006] Reference

CC is irreversible, meaning you can't change your mind and take back a license released under CC.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference

Zambian government official, Peter Mumba who described the country's peace process as "irreversible".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The "irreversible" relentless appreciation in home prices allowed every homeowner to treat their home as an ATM.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jesus of Suburbia] Reference

Vice President Simon Muzenda warned the authorities would act firmly against farmers opposing the "irreversible" land program.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He has claimed Anjouan's independence was "irreversible" but has also said he would accept the island's autonomy in a Comoran community.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Liberalization of the yuan, which is blocked by currency controls from free movement abroad, is an "irreversible" process, Mr. Jiang said.    From Wordnik.com.  [China Bank Outlines Global Plans] Reference

Fiat's CEO says decision to close plant 'irreversible'.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Business News] Reference

World faces 'irreversible' climate change, researchers warn.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to UK envoy pushes for stronger climate treaty] Reference

Iran nuclear reactor launch 'irreversible' by February: report.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raw Story] Reference

A town board decision is practically-essentially "irreversible".    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Punjab, Maharashtra, Bengal lead in curbing birth rate] Reference

The terms "irreversible" and "unstoppable" are two sides of the same coin.    From Wordnik.com.  [RealClimate] Reference

It covers an 'irreversible' aspect of chronic bronchitis, emphysema and asthma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Medical Times] Reference

Beck said he thinks the threat of climate change is sufficiently "irreversible" and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Crimson :: News] Reference

Mugabe maintains in an interview marking his 86th to be screened by ZTV tonight that the law is "irreversible".    From Wordnik.com.  [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference

The Mozambique government has resisted calls to take action to reduce the price of bread, saying the hikes are "irreversible".    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC Ouch! Blog] Reference