place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
<verb.competition>
<verb.competition>
checkmate |
mate |
sample sentences
"Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
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