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(noun) any lizard of the genus Moloch |
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Related Words: Moloch horridus, agamid, agamid lizard, mountain devil, spiny lizard |
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(noun) god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children |
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Synonyms: Molech |
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Related Words: Semitic deity |
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(noun) a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice: "the great Moloch of war"; "duty has become the Moloch of modern life"- Norman Douglas |
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Related Words: force, power |
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