Defenition of the word moloch

• Defenition of the word moloch

  • any lizard of the genus Moloch
  • 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
  • god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
  • 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
  • god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
  • a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice

Synonyms for the word moloch

• • Molech
  • Moloch

Meronymys for the word moloch

• • genus Moloch

Hyponyms for the word moloch

• • Moloch horridus
  • mountain devil
  • spiny lizard

Hypernyms for the word moloch

• • agamid
  • agamid lizard
  • force
  • power
  • Semitic deity

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• • What is genus molluga
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  • What is meant by mollienesia
  • The lexical meaning gangster's moll
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  • The grammatical meaning of the word moll
  • Meaning of the word moliere
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word family molidae
  • The origin of the word molech
  • Synonym for the word molokai
  • Antonyms for the word molokai island
  • Homonyms for the word molossidae
  • Hyponyms for the word family molossidae
  • Holonyms for the word molothrus
  • Hypernyms for the word genus molothrus
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word molotov cocktail
  • Translation of the word in other languages petrol bomb