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checkmate

verb as in countermove

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Example Sentences

Under these circumstances many devices were resorted to to checkmate their political moves.

Once a case is made that a leak might be imminent, it is checkmate: the agent is thwarted.

Somebody knew exactly what was going on, somebody was at work to checkmate the dark design.

You and I will try to checkmate that pack if there is anything uncanny in it.

The ruffian was counting confidently on having things his own way, and Matt was wondering how he could checkmate him.

Victory for the South became immediately impossible, no matter how long the final checkmate might be delayed.

If the Austrian minister could accomplish this, he could thereby checkmate Prussian ambitions for leadership in Germany.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to checkmate, such as: baffle, conquer, corner, defeat, frustrate, and gain.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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