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English to English noun
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complete victory |  | source: wordnet30
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a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king | | source: wordnet30
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The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game. | | source: webster1913 verb
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place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game | | Example: Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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