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Synonyms
check·mate (chĕḱmāt́)

[Middle English chekmat, from Old French eschec mat, from Arabic šāh māt, the king is dead, šāh, king (from Persian shāh; see shah), + māt, died (from earlier māta, to die; see mwt).]

transitive verb: -mat·ed, -mat·ing, -mates. 

  1. To attack (a chess opponent's king) in such a manner that no escape or defense is possible, thus ending the game.
  2. To defeat completely.

noun 

    1. A move that constitutes an inescapable and indefensible attack on a chess opponent's king.
    2. The position or condition of a king so attacked.
  2. Utter defeat.

interjection 

Used to declare the checkmate of an opponent's king in chess.