molochize

/ˈmoʊlɑkaɪz/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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verb

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

"Humanity was dead, for superstition Molochized the heart."
"Look to the skies, then to the river, strike / Their hearts, and hold their babies up to it. / I think that they would Molochize them too, / To have the heavens clear."

From Moloch + -ize, named after Moloch, a Biblical pagan god.

Molochizes (present, singular) Molochizing (participle, present) Molochized (participle, past) Molochized (past) Molochise (alternative)

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How do you pronounce molochize?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmoʊlɑkaɪz/.

What does molochize mean?

To offer as a sacrifice.

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