Definition of Stalemated

1. Adjective. At a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions. "The two factions are deadlocked over fringe benefits"

Exact synonyms: Deadlocked
Similar to: Obstructed

Definition of Stalemated

1. Verb. (past of stalemate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stalemated

1. stalemate [v] - See also: stalemate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stalemated

stalagmite
stalagmites
stalagmitic
stalagmitical
stalagmitically
stalagmometer
stalags
stalder
stalderite
stalders
stale metaphor
staled
stalely
stalemate
stalemated (current term)
stalemates
stalemating
staleness
stalenesses
staler
stales
stalest
staling
stalinise
stalinize
stalk
stalk-eyed
stalk of epiglottis
stalkable

Literary usage of Stalemated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. El Salvador at War: An Oral History of Conflict from the 1979 Insurrection edited by Max G. Manwaring, Court Prisk (1995)
"This Country Seems stalemated C-5 Spokesperson—Now we are in 1987, and the guerrilla forces are smaller now than they were before. That is due to defections ..."

2. Elements of the Game of Chess: Or, A New Method of Instruction in that by William Lewis (1822)
"QB second or third square, White will be stalemated, and if K. to adv. Q. Kt. fourth square 8. K. to Q. Kt. second square, and then back to QR square, ..."

3. Elements of the Game of Chess: Or, A New Method of Instruction in that by William Lewis (1827)
"QB square, you will be stalemated, and if K. to adv. Q. second square 8. ... Q, Kt. third square, and White is stalemated. (A.) 5. K. to QB square 6. ..."

4. United Nations System, The; The Policies of Member States by Chadwick F. Alger, Gene Martin Lyons, John E. Trent (1995)
"The organization was stalemated, split by ideological differences, both East-West and North-South, with a demoralized Secretariat unable to mediate in ..."

5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1837)
"Ri* White has the move, and i> consequently stalemated. This is the case likewise in the following position : 2. Q. at adv. KB 2 sq. White. Black- 2. ..."

6. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1837)
"White has the move, and is consequently stalemated. 1. К. at KR sq. 1. K. at KR sq. This is the cave likewise in the following position : White ..."

7. Chess by David Andrew Mitchell (1917)
"Should one be checkmated and the other stalemated, the game is drawn as if both were stalemated. Should a player be checkmated his pieces are not removed ..."

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