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English noun: checkmate | |||
| 1. | checkmate (event) complete victory | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | triumph, victory | ||
| 2. | checkmate (act) a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | ||
| Synonyms | mate | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | chess move | ||
English verb: checkmate | |||
| 1. | checkmate (competition) place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game | ||
| Samples | Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot checkmate Sue | ||
| Synonyms | mate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | ||
| Domain category | chess, chess game | ||
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