checkmated

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English

Adjective

checkmated (not comparable)

  1. (chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
  2. (figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.

Verb

checkmated

  1. simple past and past participle of checkmate
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