CHECKMATE

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.

2.
n.

A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.

3.
v.

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.

4.
v.

To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart. To checkmate and control my just demands. Ford.

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