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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Checkmate

/(chĕk"māt)/ · Check·mate · IPA /ˈt͡ʃɛkmeɪt/
01 n. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
  1. 1.
    The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
  2. 2.
    A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
02 v. t. 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…
imp. & p. p. Checkmated; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkmating
  1. 1.
    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.(Chess)
  2. 2.
    To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
    “To checkmate and control my just demands.” — Ford.