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Moloch

Pronunciation: /ˈməʊlɒk/
Definition of Moloch
  • a Canaanite idol to whom children were sacrificed.
  • (as noun a Moloch) a person or thing to which extreme or terrible sacrifices were made.

Origin:

via late Latin from Greek Molokh, from Hebrew mōleḵ

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