MOLOCH as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any lizard of the genus Moloch
   Hypernyms(s) moloch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • agamid (what does agamid mean?)
   • agamid lizard (what does agamid lizard mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • mountain devil (what does mountain devil mean?)
   • spiny lizard (what does spiny lizard mean?)
   • Moloch horridus (what does Moloch horridus mean?)
2. Meaning
   • god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
   Synonym(s)
   • Molech (what does Molech mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Moloch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • Semitic deity (what does Semitic deity mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice
   Usage Example(s)
   • the great Moloch of war
   • duty has become the Moloch of modern life- Norman Douglas
   Hypernyms(s) Moloch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • power (what does power mean?)
   • force (what does force mean?)