checkmate - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king

Synonyms

• checkmate
• mate

More generic

• chess move

Noun

complete victory

Synonyms

• checkmate

More generic

• triumph
• victory

Verb

place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game

Synonyms

• checkmate
• mate

More generic

• beat
• beat out
• crush
• shell
• trounce
• vanquish

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