Dictionary Check: moloch
"moloch" is a valid word!
Scrabble
13
points
Words with Friends
15
points
Definition
noun
a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice
Example:
"the great Moloch of war"
noun
any lizard of the genus Moloch
noun
god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
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