CHECKMATED Synonyms

• formed or made thin by hammering

• much trodden and worn smooth or bare

• treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance

• subdued or brought low in condition or status

• beaten or overcome; not victorious

• people who are defeated

• disappointingly unsuccessful

• torn down and broken up

• spoiled or ruined or demolished

• destroyed physically or morally

• shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks

• win a victory over

• get on top of; deal with successfully

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome

• reduced to submission

• (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities

• the supreme effort one can make

• Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)

• the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others

• in a most excellent way or manner

• it would be sensible

• from a position of superiority or authority

• (comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable

• get the better of

• informal terms for personal possessions

• strike violently and repeatedly

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

• bring under control by force or authority

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• overcome by conquest

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

• To kill in considerable numbers where little or no resistance can be made, with indiscriminate violence, without necessity, and contrary to civilized norms. (Often limited to the killing of human beings.)

• To win so decisively it is in the manner of so slaughtering one's opponent.

• To give a performance so poorly it is in the manner of so slaughtering the musical piece, play etc being performed.

• overcome by superior force

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• charge someone with too many tasks

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• overcome by superior force

• a disorderly crowd of people

• an overwhelming defeat

• cause to flee

• dig with the snout

• make a groove in

• defeat disastrously

• the killing of animals (as for food)

• a sound defeat

• the savage and excessive killing of many people

• kill (animals) usually for food consumption

• kill a large number of people indiscriminately

• a swimming kick used while treading water

• give a thrashing to; beat hard

• move or stir about violently

• dance the slam dance

• beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

• move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation

• beat the seeds out of a grain

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• censure severely or angrily