stalemate
IPA: stˈeɪɫmeɪt
noun
- (chess) The state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves, resulting in a draw.
- (by extension) Any situation that has no obvious possible movement, but involves no personal loss.
- Any kind of match in which neither contestant laid claim to victory; a draw.
verb
- (chess, transitive) To bring about a state in which the player to move is not in check but has no legal moves.
- (transitive, figuratively) To bring about a stalemate, in which no advance in an argument is achieved.
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Examples of "stalemate" in Sentences
- Stalemate is covered in the rules of chess.
- The conflict ended in stalemate and deployment.
- It will break the stalemate between the two of us.
- The proposal will perpetuate the current stalemate.
- The stalemate was ended with the arrest of the enemy.
- During the battle of the Wilderness,the Union had a stalemate.
- In the final battle of the war, the brothers' armies fight to a stalemate.
- The debate began at the start of the 19th century and is still in stalemate.
- By the end of December 2007, the situation on the ground reached a stalemate.
- The discussion is in stalemate and the standard of discussion here is very low.
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