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zamatować — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • checkmate noun In chess, the winning move that traps the opponent's king with no way to escape capture.

Senses

zamatować is used for these senses in English:

  • checkmate (transitive, chess) To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.

checkmate — full definition

  1. noun In chess, the winning move that traps the opponent's king with no way to escape capture.
  2. noun Figuratively, a complete and inescapable defeat in any situation.
  3. verb To defeat an opponent's king so it cannot escape capture, or to put someone in an inescapable losing position.

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