permanently alter

Frequency: 7.411.5 per million words

to change something in a way that lasts or exists forever

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Examples (20)

  • The accident threatened to permanently alter the course of her career.
  • The accident might permanently alter his ability to walk.
  • This new legislation will permanently alter the country's immigration policy.
  • Major policy changes could permanently alter the economic landscape.
  • A major fire can permanently alter the composition of a forest ecosystem.
  • Exposure to radiation can permanently alter DNA.
  • The discovery of antibiotics permanently altered the practice of medicine.
  • His decision to move abroad will permanently alter his family dynamics.
  • They worried that the new skyscraper would permanently alter the city's historic skyline.
  • Such a traumatic event can permanently alter a person's perception of life.
  • Exposure to such extreme trauma at a young age can permanently alter brain development.
  • New technologies often permanently alter industries and job markets.
  • Genetic modification technologies have the power to permanently alter a species.
  • Diet and lifestyle choices can permanently alter one's health.
  • The treaty was designed to permanently alter the balance of power in the region.
  • A significant injury could permanently alter the athlete's career path.
  • His experiences during the war seemed to have permanently altered his personality.
  • Climate change is expected to permanently alter global weather patterns.
  • Be careful with that chemical; it can permanently alter the fabric's color.
  • The artist used a special technique to permanently alter the color of the fabric.