Meaning of Dalek | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Dalek.
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2. 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 phrases, and their fanatical obsession with exterminating other, non-Dalek beings.
3. One who is dogmatic, unfeeling and determined.
   figuratively

Examples

“'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".”

“This synthesizer is by far the best I have⟳ heard, because it varies the intonation, and does not speak⟳ like⟳ a Dalek.”

“My voice still insisted on disappearing into my shoes every time it happened so that I sounded like⟳ a Dalek, but with a bit of experience⟳ behind me I felt marginally more confident.”

“One man was skiting around on a big, wheeled camera like⟳ a Dalek, dodging the scurrying assistants and clipboard-wielders, […]”

“Then the Dalek turned and picked off the other passengers one by one. It screamed... 'Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!'”

“Gordon Brown sounds like⟳ a Dalek with about three stock⟳ phrases... Remember⟳, Daleks always want⟳ world domination but they always lose⟳.”

“And Peter was so focused too: like⟳ a Dalek in a track suit⟳.”

“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.”

“The following year Dennis Potter, by then dying of a cancer tumour he had named 'Rupert Murdoch', attacked [John] Birt as 'a croak-voiced Dalek' dressed in an Armani suit⟳.”

“In a remarkable speech in 2006, Ray criticised 'factional Daleks' and 'the Stasi element' — apparatchiks 'highly professional and proficient but with no Labor soul'.”

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