Can Horcrux be destroyed by Avada Kedavra?

Horcruxes can only be destroyed in specific circumstances that allow it's complete and utter destruction. In the movies, the Horcruxes are destroyed in these ways: The killing curse — “Avada Kedavra.” Fiendfyre — a curse that creates powerful and magical flames.
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Why didn't they use Avada Kedavra to destroy Horcruxes?

A Horcrux is only destroyed when its container is destroyed. So, for any of the heirloom Horcruxes (the ring, the locket, the cup, the diadem, and the diary), the Killing Curse would have been useless since the Killing Curse cannot destroy a non-living object.
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What can Horcruxes be destroyed by?

We know for a fact that Basilisk venom is one of the few substances strong enough to destroy a Horcrux. Not only does it destroy the one inside Tom Riddle's diary, but Ron and Hermione also use one of the fangs to destroy Helga Hufflepuff's cup.
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Could Harry use Avada Kedavra on Horcruxes?

A Horcrux is considered destroyed when it's damaged beyond repair. In the case of living Horcruxes, “damaged beyond repair” would mean dead. So, yes, Avada Kedavra can destroy a Horcrux, as long as that Horcrux is a living being.
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What was the hardest Horcrux to destroy?

The Locket

Of all of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes, Salazar Slytherin's old locket is the most difficult to obtain and destroy. In the Half Blood Prince, Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore travel to an old cave where the Dark Lord would torture victims during his time as a teenager.
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Did Ron Use Avada Kedavra on Nagini in the Deathly Hallows? - Harry Potter Theory



Which Horcrux did Neville destroy?

Nagini is the last horcrux that Voldemort created and the last one to be destroyed. During the final battle of Hogwarts, Neville pulls the sword of Godric Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat and beheads Nagini, destroying the last horcrux.
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What Horcrux did Ron Hermione destroy?

Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley destroy the Hufflepuff's cup Horcrux inside the Chamber of Secrets—Hermione giving it the fatal blow with a basilisk fang. In the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book, Vincent Crabbe inadvertently destroys Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem in the Room of Requirement via Fiendfyre.
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Did Ron use Avada Kedavra?

Ron never cast any kind of curse on Nagini, not in the book anyways. And there's no confirmation that the spell he used on her in the movies was the Killing Curse. Avada Kedavra isn't the only spell that creates green light, after all.
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Did making Horcruxes weaken Voldemort?

The Horcruxes Left Him Vulnerable & Weak

In creating these Horcruxes, he gave the ability for other witches and wizards to destroy him without ever laying a finger on him. Voldemort was a powerful wizard, comparable only to Albus Dumbledore or Grindelwald, rocking an awesome wand and a sense for world domination.
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Why is it so hard to destroy a Horcrux?

Some of the darkest magic in all of the Wizarding World, Horcuxes require an individual to split their soul apart to transfer it to another object or living thing. To work, the magic requires the user to kill another person, a soul for a soul.
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Was Professor Quirrell a Horcrux?

Quirrell is, in effect, turned into a temporary Horcrux by Voldemort. He is greatly depleted by the physical strain of fighting the far stronger, evil soul inside him.
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Is Basilisk venom the only thing that can destroy Horcruxes?

Basilisk venom is extremely powerful, and can kill a person within a little more than a minute at best, making the person drowsy and blurry-visioned before they die. The strength of the venom is one of the few substances known to be capable of destroying Horcruxes, causing them fatal damage that cannot be repaired.
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Why was Snape's Avada Kedavra blue?

As for everyone's favourite child-bullying adult, Snape's Killing Curse was 'blue' due to the cyanish background of the film scene. It was actually green, but the camera and effects made a bluish overlay which overlapped the green spell.
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Why did Harry not use Avada Kedavra?

Though Harry encountered many opportunities that deemed Avada Kedavra necessary, the wizard never cast, or even considered casting, that particular spell. For one, he viewed the spell as an immoral practice commonly used by users of the Dark Arts.
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Why does Harry use Expelliarmus?

Roughly translated, Expelliarmus – the Disarming Charm – means 'to drive out a weapon' and that's what it does: forces the subject to drop whatever they're holding. Usually that's a wand, which is why it's often seen in duels, and Harry definitely took that to heart, given how much he used it in combat.
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Does Harry ever use an unforgivable curse?

Harry makes use of two of the Unforgivable Curses in the books. Dueling with Bellatrix Lestrange, he attempts the Cruciatus curse, with limited results; Bellatrix says that he has to really hate someone to make the Unforgivable Curses work properly, righteous indignation isn't enough.
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Who created Avada Kedavra?

History Of Avada Kedavra

The Killing Curse was created in the early Middle Ages by Dark witches and wizards. Primarily, the curse was used to quickly slay opponents during a duel.
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Can you use Avada Kedavra on a Dementor?

Simple answer: NO. Explanation: Avada kedavra could only kill living creatures, and since dementors aren't living beings, so therefore they couldn't be killed by this spell. The form of dementors aint described in any of books by Rowling, yet its obvious that they could be anything but a human.
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How did Dumbledore counter Avada Kedavra?

At the end of Fantastic Beasts 3 though, Grindelwald attempts to use Avada Kedavra on Credence, but Albus and Aberforth Dumbledore successfully block it using golden magic.
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What's the most powerful spell in Harry Potter?

1 Avada Kedavra Is Just Ridiculous

Only love itself, the strongest magic of all, can block the Killing Curse. Lord Voldemort cast this spell constantly in his lifetime, and it's the spell that killed Harry's parents in particular.
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Which wizard is stronger than Dumbledore?

13 Stronger: Salazar Slytherin

However, it's undeniable that Slytherin was a very powerful wizard— more powerful than Dumbledore. He was one of the founders of Hogwarts, and he spoke parseltongue, a talent rare among even the most exceptional of wizards.
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Who destroyed Salazar Slytherin locket?

Following a daring infiltration mission at the Ministry of Magic during Mary Cattermole's trial, Harry – along with Ron (disguised as Mary's husband, Reginald) and Hermione – retrieved the locket. It was finally destroyed by Ron Weasley, using Godric Gryffindor's sword.
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Was there a Gryffindor Horcrux?

Dumbledore concluded(2) there were no surviving artifacts of Gryffindor that could have been transformed into Horcruxes. The wise old headmaster told Harry, incorrectly as it happens,(3) that there was ““only [one] known relic of Gryffindor””(4) – the ruby-encrusted sword encased in glass in his office.
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How did they destroy Hufflepuff's Cup?

Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley destroy the Hufflepuff's cup Horcrux inside the Chamber of Secrets—Hermione giving it the fatal blow with a basilisk fang. In the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book, Vincent Crabbe inadvertently destroys Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem in the Room of Requirement via Fiendfyre.
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