Molochize
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Moloch + -ize, named after Moloch, a Biblical pagan god.
Pronunciation
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Verb
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- (intransitive, transitive) To offer as a sacrifice.[19th century]
- 1823, William Hone, “February 23: Stoning the Jews in Lent.—A Custom.”, in The every-day book, or, The guide to the year, volume 2, page 295:
- Humanity was dead, for superstition Molochized the heart.
- 1876, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Harold: A Drama, page 21:
- 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.