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self-mate

[ self-meyt ]
/ ˈsɛlfˌmeɪt /

noun Chess.

a move that will cause a player's king to be mated within a certain number of subsequent moves.

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Also called suimate.

Origin of self-mate

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby self-mate

self-loading, self-love, self-made, self-mailer, self-mastery, self-mate, self-medication, self-mortification, self-motivated, self-motivation, self-moving
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