What is the meaning of checkmate?

noun

  • Complete victory.
  • 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.
    • usage: "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"
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