checkmate
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- IPA (key): /ˈʧɛkmeɪt/
- SAMPA: /"tSEkmeIt/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: check‧mate
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- A checkmate in the game of chess, means you have won the game, and the king is trapped he can't go anywhere else onto the board.
- The man checkmated his opponent.