meaning of checkmate
1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
3. To check (an adversarys 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.
4. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
5. a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponents king
Related Words
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