Crossword-Solution: MOLOCH
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Moloch | n. | The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied figuratively. |
| Moloch | n. | A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it a most formidable appearance. |
We have 18 clues for the answer “MOLOCH”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Biblical god of fire. | 1 answer |
| spiny Australian desert-living lizard | 1 answer |
| mountain devil | 1 answer |
| Target deity of child sacrifice | 1 answer |
| THING requiring a sacrifice | 1 answer |
| SACRIFICE, thing requiring a | 1 answer |
| Fallen angel who advocates total war against God | 1 answer |
| Evil doctrine requiring sacrifice. | 1 answer |
| Canaanite god; lizard | 1 answer |
| Biblical fire-god. | 1 answer |
| Ancient deity mentioned 39 times in Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" | 1 answer |
| "Sleepy Hollow" antagonist | 1 answer |
| AMMONITE national deity | 3 answers |
| CANAANITE god | 4 answers |
| A MALEVOLENT ASPECT OF DEVI | 10 answers |
| Australian lizard | 17 answers |
| mountain plant | 18 answers |
| Lizard. | 41 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with MOLOCH (5)
First _Moloch_, horrid King besmear’d with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents tears, Though for the noyse of Drums and Timbrels loud Their childrens cries unheard, that past through fire To his grim Idol.
Spirits (sing at the second altar): Hail, Moloch! whose banner floats blood-red, From pole to equator unfurl'd, Whose laws redly written have stood red, And shall stand while standeth this world; Clad in purple, with thy diadem gory, Thy sceptre the blood-dripping steel, Thy subjects with us give thee glory, With us at thine altar they kneel.
Neither is it remarkable when we remember the peculiar circumstances surrounding the Jews, and the fact that the offerings demanded by their god was the life which he had bestowed, that the sacrifices offered to Moloch, the fire god, should have been the members of their own household--namely, their children.
How many, how many young girls sacrifice their purity to this Moloch of opinion by marrying rascals that they may not remain virgins,—that is, superiors! Through fear of finding themselves in that ideal state, they ruin themselves.
His hunting requires from him everything, his time, his money, his social hours, his rest, his sweet morning sleep; nay, his very dinners have to be sacrificed to this Moloch! Let us follow him on an ordinary day.
Quotes with MOLOCH (3)
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Doing nothing is the hardest torture that a person can put himself through. For he is always brought face to face with his own self, which demands that he gives account for the sun which he uselessly squanders, for the springs of energy in his organism, the gold of wisdom in the mines of his brains. The masses work, slog, forget. They drink the alcohol of their sweat. Work is a flight from responsibility and God. Since the mystic beliefs have been banned from Europe, pillars …
I have had so many Dwellings, Nat, that I know these Streets as well as a strowling Beggar: I was born in this Nest of Death and Contagion and now, as they say, I have learned to feather it. When first I was with Sir Chris. I found lodgings in Phenix Street off Hogg Lane, close by St Giles and Tottenham Fields, and then in later times I was lodged at the corner of Queen Street and Thames Street, next to the Blew Posts in Cheapside. (It is still there, said Nat stirring up fro…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, NYT.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1956–2008).