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Lord Voldemort murdered many people with this curse: victims include his father, his grandfather, his grandmother, James Potter, Lily Potter, Charity Burbage, Frank Bryce, Gellert Grindelwald, Bertha Jorkins, a German-speaking Muggle family of three, and countless more.
31 lip 2022 · There's a staggering variety of charms, hexes, jinxes, and curses in the "Harry Potter" world, and many can kill. Here are the deadliest "Harry Potter" spells.
Sectumsempra was the incantation of a curse invented by Severus Snape [6] that lacerated the target and caused severe bleeding. [1] Snape created it as a student of Hogwarts, with the intention of using it against his enemies, likely including the Marauders, with it becoming one of his...
The Cruciatus Curse (Crucio),[1] also known as the Torture Curse,[5] was a tool of the Dark Arts and one of the three Unforgivable Curses. When cast successfully on a fellow sentient human being or living creature, the curse inflicted intense, excruciating physical pain on the victim,[1] and...
The Imperius Curse is one of the three Unforgivable Curses. When cast successfully, it places the victim completely under the caster's control, though a person with exceptional strength of will is capable of resisting it.
The Killing Curse. One of the three Unforgivable Curses outlawed under wizarding law, Avada Kedavra kills the victim on impact, instantaneously and painlessly, usually with a blinding flash of green light.
Simply put, to cast the Unforgivables requires knowledge of the spells' effects and serious intent to inflict those effects upon a victim: Cruciatus requires the desire to cause pain;...