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What does Moloch mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Moloch? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant.
  2. (figuratively) A person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice.
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You give your babies to Moloch for the loaf of bread you have kneaded yourselves.
But, like neoliberalism, the voracious penal Moloch grown by America is not a preordained necessity.
John felt wretched because the Sunday walk had been sacrificed to Moloch.
God cannot be Moloch, for such a god is less noble than man.
While Ichabod is checking for non-existent cell service, Abbie learns that Moloch is planning to release a demon army on earth.
He broke out into impassioned praise of Astarte, of Melkarth, of Moloch.

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