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checkmate Definition

• (n) complete victory
• (n) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent''s king
• (v) place an opponent''s king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"

checkmate Synonyms

• checkmate
• mate