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The Unforgivable Curses are the three worst known spells of the Dark Arts. Their use is punishable by a life sentence in Azkaban prison. The Killing Curse causes immediate death. It has no cure and cannot be blocked by most magical means. Harry Potter is the only person known to have survived this curse. The incantation for this curse is avada ...
After Harry is struck by the Avada Kedavra curse, Voldemort orders Narcissa to verify that Harry is actually dead. She detects his heartbeat, but she lies to Voldemort, knowing that she will be allowed to search for her son if the Death Eaters return to Hogwarts "as part of the conquering army."
Surely the use of Avada Kedavra on Dumbledore by Snape is dubious because Dumbledore didn't just drop dead like all other victims. Not sure what Rowling has said on this issue - she has said he is dead, but still the use of the Killing Curse is dubious. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.4.237.219 20:37, 5 May 2007 (UTC).
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Abracadabra is of unknown origin, and is first attested in a second-century work of Serenus Sammonicus. [1]Some conjectural etymologies are: [2] from phrases in Hebrew that mean "I will create as I speak", [3] or Aramaic "I create like the word" (אברא כדברא), [4] to etymologies that point to similar words in Latin and Greek such as abraxas [5] or to its similarity to the first four ...
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling.It is the fifth and longest novel in the Harry Potter series. It follows Harry Potter's struggles through his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including the surreptitious return of the antagonist Lord Voldemort, O.W.L. exams, and an obstructive Ministry of Magic.
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