Moloch

n 1: 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 [syn:

{Moloch}]

2: god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom parents

sacrificed their children [syn: {Moloch}, {Molech}]

3: any lizard of the genus Moloch