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checkmate

4 definitions • 4 examples
1
a winning position in chess in which you have put the other player's king under a direct attack from which it cannot escape
2
a situation in which someone has been defeated or a plan cannot develop or continue
3
to achieve a winning position in chess in which you have put the other player's king under a direct attack from which it cannot escape:

Examples:

My dad can always checkmate me within 20 moves.
The goal is to checkmate an opponent's king.
4
to create a situation in which someone is defeated or a plan cannot develop or continue:

Examples:

The committee discussed the best method to checkmate this move.
They are doing their best to checkmate those conspiring against the State.

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