Moloch

Words with a similar base: Moloch

'Moloch'

[moloch.n.01] as in: a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice; ; - Norman Douglas

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Examples:
the great Moloch of war
duty has become the Moloch of modern life

'Moloch'

[moloch.n.02] as in: god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children

'Moloch'

[moloch.n.03] as in: any lizard of the genus Moloch