depends on the enemy and who it is
daleks: disintegrates them; blows them up
Slyveen: blows them up; makes them look into the heart of the tadis
Cybermen: de-activates the device ridding them of emotion, making them realize what they are, killing them.
and many other ways you'll have to watch to find out.
as River says, "spoilers"
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They fire a ray out of that great big thing that sticks out of the front of them. It evaporates people, very hygienic.
The Daleks don't really have a personality have they have no emotions, actually just one! Beauty that is why they can never kill the doctor (Asylum of the daleks)
As revealed in Daleks in Manhatten/Eveloution of the Daleks, the Daleks are made out a metal called Dalekanium. The base of the dalek also provides a pickup for static electricity
Fear and hate are the only emotions the daleks are capable of.
The daleks casing is made of polycarbite with a sheild. Cybermen are made of metal which isn't as strong.
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