capture

Examples

• All

• The capture of an important piece or discovered check, perhaps, or say when a pawn is--

  The Luzhin Defence (2000)

• All right, real strategists like us oughta scout their defenses fore we move towards a capture.

  The Science Adventures of Tom & Huck (2025)

• Black has no legal move here except capturing the Rook for free.

• You get excited when you're playing chess at the prospect of capturing my queen and crushing me.

• The capture of the opponent's queen was a decisive move in the chess match.

• She celebrated every capture she made on the chessboard, knowing it brought her closer to victory.

Antonyms

P

to protect

∞ 1.0

To keep someone or something safe from harm

D

to defend

∞ 1.3

To protect people and things from attack or harm

Idioms

C

to capture the essence

9 5.1

To show the most important qualities of something

Compounds

C

Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

9.5

An event in 1775 when American forces took Fort Ticonderoga from the British

Surface Forms

Etymology