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| has gloss | (verb) place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" mate, checkmate |
| lexicalization | eng: checkmate |
| lexicalization | eng: mate |
| subclass of | (verb) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" crush, vanquish, beat out, trounce, shell, beat |
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| has category | (noun) a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king chess game, chess |
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