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Meaning of Molochize | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
ˈməʊlɒkaɪz

Definitions

To offer as a sacrifice.

intransitive, transitive

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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