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What does the word checkmate mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To put ( a king) in a check from which no escape is possible; defeat by a skilful maneuver.

Part of speech: noun

The act or position of checkmating.

Usage examples for checkmate

They are as injurious as they are false, and they will checkmate the progress of any man or of any people that believes them. – Emerson and Other Essays by John Jay Chapman
Grosvenor considered this a dangerous combination and said that steps should be taken to checkmate it at once. – The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White

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