Moloch

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Noun
a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice; "the great Moloch of war"; "duty has become the Moloch of modern life"- Norman Douglas
Noun
god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
Noun
any lizard of the genus Moloch

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