People walking on it a thousand times a day will cause irreversible damage.
The risks of doing so are very real and could lead to irreversible damage to eyesight and even blindness.
The government installs rain barriers during the rainy season to prevent loaded trucks from causing irreversible damage.
Still, critics say that the dam has caused more problems than it has solved, including irreversible damage to local species' habitats and the larger ecosystem.
A user can easily construe its meaning to be, “Don’t let go of the mouse now, or you’ll do some irreversible damage,” instead of “Go ahead and let go now and nothing will happen.”