| prop. n. | 1. | (Script.) The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively. |
| 2. | (Zool.) A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance. |
| Noun | 1. | 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 |
| 2. | Moloch - god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children Synonyms: Molech | |
| 3. | moloch - any lizard of the genus Moloch |
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