How much damage could be done before the bond between a father and his daughter was irretrievably broken?

Statues lay toppled on their sides, some- mostly half-finished pieces that had little value anyway- shattered or irretrievably broken.

Usher filed for divorce from Foster in June 2009, stating that their marriage was "irretrievably broken".

In court papers, Linda states the marriage is "irretrievably broken."

Somewhere sits a family with an air-conditioner that has become irretrievably broken.

Even with her skate fixed on Saturday, though, her rhythm had been irretrievably broken.

Iraq is irretrievably broken, in part by the mismanaged American occupation following the invasion.

In 2001, Williams left his wife and filed for divorce, claiming the marriage was "irretrievably broken".

His famous brigades were annihilated and his military power irretrievably broken.

Shortly thereafter the truce was irretrievably broken by the Goths, when they attempted to enter the city in secret.