checkmate
/tʃˈɛkmˌeɪt/ · 2 syllables
Meaning
noun
- complete victory
- a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
verb
- 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”
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