Checkmate

n.	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.
v. t.	1.	(Chess) 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. [imp. & p. p. Checkmated; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkmating.]
	2.	To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. To checkmate and control my just demands. - Ford.

Noun	1.	checkmate - complete victory
	2.	checkmate - a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king Synonyms: mate
Verb	1.	checkmate - 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" Synonyms: mate

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