checkmate

checkmate
n
1. halt, stop, stoppage, arrest, check, stand, stay, Chess. mate; block, blockage, impasse; stalemate, deadlock, standstill, full stop, dead stop; stand-off, tie, draw, dead heat.
2. defeat, overthrow, rout, discomfiture; conquest, vanquishment, subjugation, victory, triumph, win; beating, drubbing, trouncing.
3. frustration, bafflement, thwarting, foiling; hindrance, obstruction, barrier, bar.
v
4. rout, discomfit, trounce, drub, whip, crush, overwhelm, put to flight, floor, Sl. mop or wipe the floor with, Inf. make short work of; conquer, subjugate, vanquish, subdue, overpower, overthrow, master, overmaster; overcome, defeat, beat, worst, lick, win the day, prevail over, triumph over; outma-neuver, outgeneral, outwit, trump.
5. stop, arrest, check, Chess. mate; frustrate, foil, thwart, hinder, obstruct; ruin, spoil, upset, trip up.

A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.

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