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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 | ||
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