Associations to the word «Moloch»

MOLOCH, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Agamidae   — the thorny dragon, of Australia.

MOLOCH, proper noun. An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant.

MOLOCH, proper noun. (figuratively) A person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice.

MOLOCH, noun. Moloch horridus, an Australian lizard thought to be the sole member of the genus Moloch.

MOLOCH, 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.

MOLOCH, noun. God of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children.

MOLOCH, noun. Any lizard of the genus Moloch.