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Moloch

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Noun

1. moloch

a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice

Example Sentences:
'the great Moloch of war'
'duty has become the Moloch of modern life'

2. molech, moloch

god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children

3. moloch

any lizard of the genus Moloch

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Moloch

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noun
a spiny Australian desert-living lizard, Moloch horridus, that feeds on ants: family Agamidae (agamas)
. Also called: mountain devil, spiny lizard
noun
Old Testament
a Semitic deity to whom parents sacrificed their children

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Moloch

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noun
1. 
Molech
2.  [m-]
a spiny, brownish, ant-eating Australian lizard (Moloch horridus) similar to a horned toad but of another family (Agamidae)

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Moloch

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n.
1. In the Bible, the god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom children were sacrificed.
2. Something possessing the power to exact severe sacrifice.

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