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checkmate
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noun (n)
- complete victory(noun.event)source: wordnet30
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game(verb.competition)Example:
Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(verb)source: webster1913