Word with "check" for a chess match-ending move Crossword Clue

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Word with "check" for a chess match-ending move Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. the officer below the master on a commercial ship
2. a person’s partner in marriage
(verb)
1. place an opponent’s king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
2. engage in sexual intercourse

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ENDING (noun)
1. event whose occurrence ends something
2. the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
CHECK (noun)
1. an appraisal of the state of affairs
2. a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
CHECK (verb)
1. be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
2. make cracks or chinks in

Hint 3: Anagram

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MEAT

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