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In some senses, dalek is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
VERB + DALEK
exterminate, like, said, speak
noun
A member of a species of extraterrestrial cyborg mutants who appear in the television programme Doctor Who and are known for travelling in metallic shells, having monotone, mechanically distorted voices, repeating a limited number of phrase
'But Alydon,' I persisted, 'the Daleks aren't human beings. They're just evil, half creatures, half machines, determined to destroy you.'
[…] what kind of courage it must have taken for Hawkins, an actor renowned for the quality of his voice, to go back onto the set to deliver lines in that oesophageal monotone, what he called his "Dalek voice".
One who is dogmatic, unfeeling and determined.
In an article in The Times Lord Chalfont said: "The programmed Daleks of the French military planners were evolving a plan which was really a carbon copy of the British plan."
And rightly so, if only out of respect for the numerous idiosyncrasies left out of any generalized model of behaviour and, if only out of sheer personal honesty in admitting that individuals are never like the streamlined daleks of psychometric regressions.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Dalek.
'But Alydon,' I persisted, 'the Daleks aren't human beings. They're just evil, half creatures, half machines, determined to destroy you.'
Wiktionary[…] what kind of courage it must have taken for Hawkins, an actor renowned for the quality of his voice, to go back onto the set to deliver lines in that oesophageal monotone, what he called his "Dale
WiktionaryThis synthesizer is by far the best I have heard, because it varies the intonation, and does not speak like a Dalek.
Wiktionary"Exterminate," said the Dalek.
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In some senses, dalek is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.