Is Avada Kedavra blockable?

Avada Kedavra isn't an Unforgivable Curse because it's unblockable, it's Unforgivable because the ONLY purpose of the spell is to kill. It can't wound, it can't incapacitate, it can only deliver death.
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What spell can block Avada Kedavra?

Its incantation is Avada Kedavra. The only known counter-spell is sacrificial protection, which uses the magic of love. However, one may dodge the green bolt or block it with a physical barrier.
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Can Avada Kedavra be blocked by Avada Kedavra?

Originally Answered: Is Avada Kedavra unblockable? There are no blocks for that curse and one cannot block it in any way .
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Is Avada Kedavra nonverbal?

However, it is pretty explicit that the Avada Kedavra aimed at Harry was said outloud, and very explicitly NOT stated to have been said aloud when aimed at Dumbledore. This leads me to conclude that - given JKR's usual written precision - that the second AK was non-verbal.
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Can Protego Maxima block Avada Kedavra?

Nope. None can block the Killing Curse, but yeah it can be dodged.
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How Did Dumbledore BLOCK Voldemort's Avada Kedavra to Save Harry? - Harry Potter Explained



Is Protego Diabolica Fiendfyre?

Protego Diabolica was the incantation of a powerful dark charm that allowed the user to create a protective ring of black fire around them that completely incinerated enemies of the caster who came into contact with it while leaving their allies unharmed. It was similar to Fiendfyre, but was a different spell.
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Can you dodge Avada Kedavra?

Avada Kedavra can be dodged. It can be blocked physically or with spells. But once it hits you, you can't stop yourself from dying.
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Does 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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Did Ron use Avada Kedavra on Nagini?

But when Ron and Hermione are about to die by Nagini, Ron casts the killing curse as a last resort and it simply rebounds off Nagini as it was nothing.
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What is the hardest spell in Harry Potter?

Harry Potter: The 15 Hardest Spells To Perform
  1. 1 Killing Curse. The most maligned spell in wizarding history, the Killing Curse allows users to instantly take the lives of their victims.
  2. 2 Flight. ...
  3. 3 Patronus. ...
  4. 4 Imperius Curse. ...
  5. 5 The Creation of a Horcrux. ...
  6. 6 Animagus Spell. ...
  7. 7 Cruciatus Curse. ...
  8. 8 Occlumency and Legilimens. ...
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What are the 4 Unforgivable curses?

They were first classified as "Unforgivable" in 1717. They are the Killing Curse, Avada Kedavra, the Cruciatus Curse, Crucio, and the Imperius Curse, Imperio.
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How did Dumbledore block Avada Kedavra fantastic?

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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Why was Snape's Avada Kedavra blue?

In order to conjure the avada kedavra curse, you have to want to kill your victim. We all know that Voldemort could easily kill a child without an ounce of remorse... but not Snape. Snape didn't want to kill Dumbledore, and this was why the spell was blue instead of the usual green.
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What is Snape's signature spell?

Sectumsempra was invented by Severus Snape, and was thought to be his signature move, as Lupin noted after the Battle of the Seven Potters.
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What spell killed Bellatrix Lestrange?

She is mine!" Bellatrix then started taunting Mrs Weasley over her son's death, proceeding to laugh at Molly's enraged response that the Death Eater "will never touch our children again!". This provided an opening for Molly to strike Bellatrix with a curse that hit her straight in the heart, killing her.
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Will Avada Kedavra destroy Horcrux?

The fragments of soul living in Horcruxes depends on the body it is attached to. Avada Kedavra, from what I've seen, destroys the soul. Thus the Horcrux would not be destroyed, it would be a piece of soul flitting around with no owner. In Voldemort's case, it might retreat to Albania.
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What spell did Hermione use on Nagini?

Cast by Hermione in Bathilda Bagshot's house when Nagini was coming for her and Harry; the spell ricocheted around the room, exploding a mirror and destroying Harry's holly and Phoenix-feather wand. She later referred to it as the Blasting Curse (DH17).
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Who spat in McGonagall's face?

Amycus liked to cruelly punish and torture the students who opposed the new regime. In the evening of 1 May 1998, shortly before the Battle of Hogwarts, he was tortured by Harry Potter when he spat in Professor McGonagall's face. He was then Imperiused and tied up in Ravenclaw Tower by McGonagall herself.
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What did crucio feel like?

The pain caused by the Cruciatus Curse was described by Harry Potter as being worse than "one thousand white-hot knives, boring into the skin" and beyond what most people would ever experience.
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Does Ron use the imperius curse?

In the Deathly Hallows part 2, Ron Weasley performs the Imperius curse on Bogrod, the goblin teller. [11] Deathly Hallows pt. 2 / During the scene where the trio break into Gringotts, Ron Weasley effortlessly uses the Imperius Curse on Bogrod, the goblin teller, without hesitation.
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Does the killing curse hurt?

The Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra) was a tool of the Dark Arts and was one of the three Unforgivable Curses. When cast successfully on a living person or creature, the curse caused instantaneous and painless death, without causing any injury to the body, and without any trace of violence.
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How did Dumbledore block Voldemorts Avada Kedavra?

Dumbledore didn't block it, he just cast it away meaning he curved it and it hit the wall anyways and we just can't Avada Kadavra curse by Protego or any other attacking spell.
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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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