Meaning of CHECKMATE in English

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Meaning of CHECKMATE in English

• The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
• A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
• 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.
• To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.

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