Did Harry defeat Voldemort when he was a baby?

When Harry was hit by the killing curse as a baby, it rebounded and killed Voldemort, necessitating that he create a new body. This did not happen the second time.
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Did Harry defeat Voldemort as a baby?

Lily Potter sacrificed her life in order to protect her infant son, Harry from Lord Voldemort. This placed Harry under magical protection, so that when Voldemort cast the Killing Curse at Harry in turn, the spell backfired, leaving him unharmed (save for a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead) and Voldemort bodiless.
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When did Harry kill Voldemort as a baby?

The attack at Godric's Hollow took place on 31 October (Hallowe'en) 1981, which was a Wednesday.
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How come Voldemort couldn't kill Harry when he was a baby?

Because Voldemort contains Harry's blood, as long as Voldemort is alive he preserves Lily Potter's charm, so Harry can't die at his hand. Thus, paradoxically, while Harry had to die before Voldemort could, Harry can't die while Voldemort lives.
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Does Harry Potter ever defeat Voldemort?

The rebounding Killing Curse hit Lord Voldemort, and his lifeless body hit the floor, the white hands empty, dead. Harry was immediately applauded for his victory, and his defeat of Voldemort signified the end of the Battle of Hogwarts as well as the Second Wizarding War.
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How many times did Harry defeat Voldemort?

Harry prevents Voldemort from occupying Harry's body at the end in the Ministry of Magic during Dumbledore's battle with Voldemort. (and 7 and 8) Harry "defeats" Voldemort three times in Deathly Hallows....in the battle on the motorcycle; in the forest and at the end.
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Has Harry ever used 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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How did Harry survive Avada Kedavra in the forest?

Voldemort intentionally made six Horcruxes, but when he used Avada Kedavra on Harry, he unintentionally created a seventh Horcrux. Instead of dying, Lily's love for Harry created a counter 'curse' known as Sacrificial Protection and saved Harry.
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Why could Voldemort touch Harry?

In the graveyard in the Goblet of Fire, Voldemort was able to freely touch Harry without harm once he possessed Harry's blood (which contained Lily's sacrificial protection).
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Why Voldemort could not kill Harry in Goblet of Fire?

Harry didn't die because Voldemort used Harry's blood to come back to life which contains Lily's blood which holds the protection for Harry. So when Harry was hit by the curse, it didn't hit him but the horcrux, this question has also been asked many times on quora so you could read those answers.
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How did Harry overpower Voldemort?

During his final confrontation with Voldemort, Harry knew that he (Harry) was the Elder Wand's true master. He again cast Expelliarmus, ejecting the wand from Voldemort's hand into his own as the Killing Curse rebounded off his body, fatally striking Voldemort.
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Can Snape beat Voldemort?

Severus Snape

Moreover, Snape can easily resist Voldemort's Legilimens attempts, as he has done it so many times to hide his allegiance with Dumbledore. Voldemort and Nagini did kill him, but it wasn't really much of a fight.
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Why did Voldemort choose Harry over Neville?

However, Voldemort chose Harry as his target, who was, like himself, a half-blood, rather than the pure-blooded boy named Neville. Voldemort chose Harry as he believed Harry was the most danger to him and he saw himself in Harry before even seeing him.
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Why does Voldemort have no nose?

Following is the accepted answer from there. Voldemort's appearance became more snake-like as he delved deeper into Dark Magic, and his face became more serpentine, which would presumably explain the flattening of his nose.
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Who defeated Voldemort the first time?

Voldemort's first defeat took place on Halloween, October 31, 1981 at the hands of an infant Harry Potter. This led to Harry being known as "The Boy Who Lived". Shortly thereafter, all of his remaining Death Eaters were imprisoned, killed, or acquitted, bringing the war to an end.
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How did Voldemort survive without a body?

We all know that little Harry Potter became the first, and so far only, wizard to ever survive a killing curse. We also know that Lord Voldemort unintentionally transformed Harry into one of his Horcruxes. Furthermore, we know that Voldemort survived that night because of the existing Horcruxes he had already created.
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Why was using Harrys blood a mistake?

The use of Harry's blood in the potion, however, would come to be a mistake as it prevented Voldemort from killing Harry because the blood passed Lily Potter's protection to Voldemort and anchored Harry to the living world through him, ensuring the Dark Lord's defeat three years later.
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Why did Dumbledore want Voldemort Harry's blood?

In the Deathly Hallows, when Harry talks to Dumbledore in King Cross station, Dumbledore tells him that when Voldemort used Harry's blood, the protection charm that his mother has given him was transferred to Voldemort, but the effects were that they were then tethered, meaning the protection would stand as long as ...
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Was Lily Potter a Muggle?

Harry Potter's mother, Lily Evans, and his best friend, Hermione Granger, were Muggle-born. Unlike children of wizarding families who receive their Hogwarts acceptance letter via an owl, a Hogwarts employee will usually hand-deliver the letter to Muggle-borns in order to meet their Muggle parents and explain.
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Did Voldemort know Harry was a Horcrux?

Voldemort wasn't aware of Harry being a pseudo-horcrux because he didn't plan it, and Harry didn't know either until Voldemort “killed” him, but he actually killed the piece of soul kept in him.
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How did Harry survive if he dropped the Resurrection Stone?

Harry is able to "defeat" death another way: After fighting with Voldemort in the forest and being killed by the dark Wizard, Harry doesn't really die, but he is resurrected truly as himself, and not a shadow of who he was previously.
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How did Lily protect Harry?

She was supposed to be protected because Snape had asked the Dark Lord to spare her life. She could have lived. In dying, Lily set the path for Voldemort's downfall. Her sacrifice gave Harry the power of love, a protection spell sealed with the blood spilled by her death.
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Can any wizard use Avada Kedavra?

No, for the Killing Curse (harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Killing_Curse ) to work you must have the intention to actually commit murder (Draco [harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Draco_Malfoy ] couldn't use the killing Curse to kill Dumbledore [harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Albus_Dumbledore ] for example because he didn't want to ...
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Did Harry use crucio on Bellatrix?

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry attempts to use the Cruciatus Curse against Bellatrix Lestrange, in self-defense, but fails. Bellatrix taunts him for this failure, saying he has to "really mean it", that he has to really hate someone for that curse to be effective.
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