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Checkmate Eg Crossword Clue

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99%11Exact Match!
noun

• the blow that kills (usually mercifully)

28%3 What a checkmate causes
noun

• either extremity of something that has length

• the point in time at which something ends

• the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence

• the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it

• a final part or section

• a final state

• the surface at either extremity of a three-dimensional object

• (football) the person who plays at one end of the line of scrimmage

• a boundary marking the extremities of something

• one of two places from which people are communicating to each other

• the part you are expected to play

• the last section of a communication

• a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

• (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage, designating players at each end of the defensive line

verb

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

• bring to an end or halt

• be the end of; be the last or concluding part of

• put an end to

28%4Checkmate
noun

• a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal

• anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities

• a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through

• picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector

• a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

verb

• enhance by contrast

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

• cover or back with foil

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