CHECKMATED

Adjective

checkmated (not comparable)

(chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.

(figuratively) Suffering a personal loss with no obvious chance to escape the loss.

Verb

checkmated

simple past tense and past participle of checkmate

Source: Wiktionary

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CHECKMATE

Check"mate, n. Etym: [F. échec et mat, fr. Per. shah mat ceckmate, lit., the king is dead, fr. Ar. mata 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.

Check"mate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkmated; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkmating.]

1. (Chess)

Definition: 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. Ford.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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