Molochize

present singular third person Molochizes · participle present Molochizing · participle past Molochized · past Molochized · alternative Molochise

1. intransitivetransitiveTo offer as a sacrifice.First known use 19th century

   Humanity was dead, for superstition Molochized the heart.

   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

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   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.

   1876, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Harold: A Drama, page 21