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Meaning of 'checkmate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Checkmate [ n.]
- The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
- A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
2 . Checkmate [ v. t.]
- To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.
- To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.

Meaning of 'checkmate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . checkmate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
Example in sentence:
  • Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves

Nearby Words:

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