Checkmate and Prevent

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Checkmate verb - To prevent from achieving a goal.

Usage example: finally checkmated the billionaire in his attempt to take over the movie studio

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Prevent and checkmate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prevent" instead a verb "Checkmate".

Nearby Words: checkmated, checkmating

Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.

Usage example: a lot of problems would have been prevented if we'd just prepared better

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Checkmate and prevent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Checkmate" instead a verb "Prevent".

Batman Gambit: Pretty much everything Max Lord does is part of some massive scheme to discredit the JLI, gain control over Checkmate, and prevent Magog from creating a similar future to that of Kingdom Come.

Source: Comicbook / Brightest Day
This series saw Checkmate reformed under the United Nations as an Multinational Team with both human and superhuman operatives and a system of checks and balances dependent on the four Kings and Queens (including Sasha and, of course, Amanda Waller) to prevent another Max Lord incident.

Source: Comic Book / Checkmate
Then, to prevent a checkmate, he turns it into a dating sim to convince Chlammy's Queen to pull off a HeelFace Turn (and in turn cause several of her non-Pawn pieces to revolt).

Source: Light Novel / No Game No Life

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