Word Meaning

Meaning of "checkmate" and the crossword clue

- Defeat in chess
- Defeat totally
- End of a chess game
- Verify partner made a winning move
- Winning move in chess
- The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
- A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.
- 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.
- To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.