Checkmate /(chĕk"māt)/

Check·mate

Checkmate

n.
  1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.
  2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.

Checkmate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Checkmated; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkmating

  1. 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. (Chess)
  2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
    To checkmate and control my just demands.