Any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat.
The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture.
Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape.
Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game.
To place in a losing situation that has no escape.
To put the king of an opponent into checkmate.
A decisive end to something.
The punctuation mark "." (indicating the end of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
Used to emphasize the end of an important statement or point when speaking to show something is not up for discussion or debate.