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checkmate

English

  1. 🔊 a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king
  2. 🔊 complete victory
  3. 🔊 place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
    “Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 jaque mate checkmate
  2. 🔊 jaque mate checkmate, mate

Similar words

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