checkmate
/tʃˈɛkmeɪt/
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Definitions
Noun
complete victory
Noun
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"