Dictionary Entry
moloch
moloch is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively.
- 2noun
A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance.
- 3noun
any lizard of the genus Moloch
- 4noun
god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children
- 5noun
a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice- Norman Douglas
"the great Moloch of war"
"duty has become the Moloch of modern life"
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