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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
checkmate
n 1: complete victory
2: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible
attack on the opponent's king [syn: checkmate, mate]
v 1: 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" [syn:
checkmate, mate]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Checkmate \Check"mate\ (-m[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Checkmated; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkmating.]
1. (Chess) 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
[1913 Webster]
To checkmate and control my just demands. --Ford.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Checkmate \Check"mate\ (ch[e^]k"m[=a]t), n. [F. ['e]chec et mat,
fr. Per. sh[=a]h m[=a]t checkmate, lit., the king is dead,
fr. Ar. m[=a]ta he died, is dead. The king, when made
prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game
is finished. See Chess.]
1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check
and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
[1913 Webster]
2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
[1913 Webster]
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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