Usually means: Ancient deity associated with sacrifice.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word Moloch:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. moloch: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Moloch: Merriam-Webster
  3. Moloch, moloch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Moloch, moloch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. moloch: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Moloch, moloch: Vocabulary.com
  7. Moloch, moloch: Wordnik
  8. moloch: Wiktionary
  9. Moloch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Moloch (Molech): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Moloch: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Moloch: Dictionary.com
  13. Moloch: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Moloch (Dungeons & Dragons), Moloch (comics), Moloch (film), Moloch (genus), Moloch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Moloch: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. moloch: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. moloch: Rhymezone
  18. Moloch: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. Moloch: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. moloch: FreeDictionary.org
  21. moloch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Moloch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. Moloch: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Moloch (deity), Moloch: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Moloch: Easton Bible
  2. Moloch: Catholic Encyclopedia
  3. Moloch: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Moloch: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Moloch)

▸ noun:  An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant, often depicted with the head of a bull.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) A person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice.
▸ noun:  Any of species Moloch horridus of Australian lizards, sole species of the genus Moloch.

Similar:
Molech, Molok, Moloc, Molock, Molek, Molekh, Molochism, Chemosh, Mahound, Ammon, more...

Opposite:
God, savior, protector, benevolent being

Types:
Baal, Molech, Molok, Molock, more...

Phrases:
moloch horridus, genus moloch, Moloch in literature and popular culture, more...

Adjectives:
modern, great, baal, sullen, bloody, new, insatiable, old, cruel, military, little

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Similar:
Molech, Molok, Moloc, Molock, Molek, Molekh, Molochism, Chemosh, Mahound, Ammon, more...

Opposite:
God, savior, protector, benevolent being

Types:
Baal, Molech, Molok, Molock, more...

Phrases:
moloch horridus, genus moloch, Moloch in literature and popular culture, more...

Adjectives:
modern, great, baal, sullen, bloody, new, insatiable, old, cruel, military, little

Colors:
    crimson,     scarlet,     vermilion,     ruby,     garnet, more...



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