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Moloch

Syllabification: (Mo·loch)

Definition of Moloch
  • a Canaanite idol to whom children were sacrificed.
  • (as noun a Moloch) a tyrannical object of sacrifices.

Origin:

via late Latin from Greek Molokh, from Hebrew mōleḵ

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