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English to English noun
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a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice |  | Example: the great Moloch of war
duty has become the Moloch of modern life
source: wordnet30
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god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children | | source: wordnet30
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any lizard of the genus Moloch | | source: wordnet30
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The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively. | | source: webster1913
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