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   checkmate

   /ˈtʃɛkmeɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a position in which a player's king is directly attacked by an opponent's piece or pawn and has no possible move to escape the check. The attacking player thus wins the game.
   • ▪ said by a player to announce that the opponent's king is in the position of checkmate.
   • ▪ a final defeat or deadlock: "if the rebel forces succeed in cutting off the road, they will have achieved checkmate"

   verb

   • 1. put into checkmate.
   • ▪ defeat or frustrate totally: "the vice president checkmated that strategy"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic šāh māta, from Persian šāh māt ‘the king is dead’.

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