Checkmate
Checkmate (chek"māt) , noun
[French échec et mat, from Per. shāh māt checkmate, lit., the king is dead, from Arabic māta he died, is dead. The king, when made prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game is finished. See Chess.]
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 (-māt) , transitive verb
1.
(Chess) 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.
2.
To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.
To checkmate and control my just demands.