English noun: Moloch | |||
1. | Moloch (person) a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice | ||
Samples | The great Moloch of war. Duty has become the Moloch of modern life. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | force, power | ||
2. | Moloch (person) god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children | ||
Synonyms | Molech | ||
Instance hypernym | Semitic deity | ||
3. | moloch (animal) any lizard of the genus Moloch | ||
Broader (hypernym) | agamid, agamid lizard | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Moloch horridus, mountain devil, spiny lizard | ||
Member meronym | genus Moloch | ||