In chess, ~ is a situation in which you cannot stop your king being captured and so you lose the game.
= mate
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In chess, ~ is a situation in which you cannot stop your king being captured and so you lose the game.
= mate
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Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012