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check(noun, stop, control, restrain)
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defeat(noun, stop, beat, check)
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foil(stop, hold, control, beat)
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beat(noun, stop, defeat, crush)
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frustrate(stop, hold, control, beat)
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halt(noun, stop, hold, control)
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mate
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rout(noun, beat, decline, ruin)
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thwart(stop, hold, control, beat)
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counter(stop, defeat, halt, curb)
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stop(noun, hold, control, end)
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baffle(stop, hold, control, reduce)
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conquer(stop, beat, defeat, overcome)
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discomfit(beat, defeat, crush, overcome)
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overthrow(noun, beat, decline, ruin)
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balk(stop, defeat, halt, allow)
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trump(defeat, distress, success, perplex)
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vanquish(stop, beat, defeat, crush)
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circumvent(stop, hold, control, beat)
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cross(phrasal verb, allow, prevent, informal)
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APASmart Define. (2015). checkmate thesaurus. Retrieved September 23, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/checkmate/thesaurus/synonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2015. "checkmate thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/checkmate/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 23, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2015, checkmate thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 23 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/checkmate/thesaurus/synonyms>.
MLASmart Define. "checkmate thesaurus" 10 April 2015. Web. 23 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/checkmate/thesaurus/synonyms>