checkmate (n.)
- arrest
- baffle
- bafflement
- balk
- bell
- blast
- block
- brake
- brave
- challenge
- check
- confusion
- counter
- countermand
- cross
- cutoff
- dam
- dash
- deadlock
- defeat
- discomfiture
- disconcertion
- dish
- elude
- end
- endgame
- ending
- foil
- foiling
- freeze
- frustration
- gun
- halt
- lockout
- rebuff
- repulse
- reversal
- reverse
- rout
- ruin
- sabotage
- scotch
- setback
- spike
- spoil
- stalemate
- stall
- stand
- standoff
- standstill
- stay
- stem
- stop
- stoppage
- strike
- stump
- thwart
- thwarting
- upset
- walkout
checkmate (v.)
- arrest
- baffle
- balk
- bell
- blast
- block
- brake
- brave
- challenge
- check
- circumvent
- confound
- confront
- contravene
- counter
- counteract
- countermand
- cross
- dam
- dash
- defeat
- defy
- destroy
- discomfit
- disconcert
- discountenance
- dish
- disrupt
- elude
- end
- flummox
- foil
- freeze
- frustrate
- gun
- halt
- nonplus
- perplex
- rebuff
- repulse
- reversal
- reverse
- rout
- ruin
- sabotage
- scotch
- spike
- spoil
- stalemate
- stall
- stand
- stay
- stem
- stonewall
- stop
- strike
- stump
- thwart
- upset
