What is a Dementors weakness?

Countermeasures and Weaknesses
Patronus Charm: The most effective way to repel Dementors away is the Patronus Charm, a spell to conjure a guardian that embodies one's positive memories and fueled by the caster's happy thoughts, both of which happened to be these dark creatures' major weaknesses.
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How do you destroy a Dementor?

Dementors are amortal, meaning that you can't kill them because they were never alive to begin with (even though they do die off eventually ?). Dementors are 'impossible to destroy'. But they do have a physical body.
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Are Dementors indestructible?

Almost indestructible, and loyal only to those who can provide souls for them to feed on, the only defense known against a Dementor is the so-called Patronus Charm, which summons a magic being, made of positive energy in the shape of a silver animal unique to each wizard.
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Can Dementors be controlled?

You cannot destroy Dementors, though you can limit their numbers if you eradicate the conditions in which they multiply, that is, despair and degradation. So it is possible that by controlling their exposure to despair and degradation, the MoM controlled the breeding of Dementors.
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How do Dementors survive?

Being blind, Dementors sensed and fed on the positive emotions of human beings in order to survive, forcing their victims to relive their worst memories over and over again.
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History of Dementors (Everything You Need to Know)



Is a Dementors kiss painful?

When the Dementor's Kiss was performed, the Dementor would pull back its hood, clamp its jaw around the victim's mouth, and consume their soul. The Dementor's Kiss was generally considered to be a punishment worse than death.
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How do you become a Dementor?

Dementors are born when there is so much pain and suffer in the air that it can materialise it's self. That means that most Dementors were created during the First and Second wizarding war or in the time of Grinwald's attacks in Europe. That's why Dementors can only be destroyed by the Patronum summoning charm.
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Why can't Muggles see Dementors?

10 Even Muggles Can Sense Their Presence

While Muggles cannot see Dementors, their draining power is so strong that non-magical people can still sense them.
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What do Dementors feed on?

Dementors feed on human happiness and thus generate feelings of depression and despair in any person in close proximity to them. They can also consume a person's soul, leaving their victims in a permanent vegetative state, and thus are often referred to as "soul-sucking fiends", rendering a person an 'empty-shell'.
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What does a Dementors kiss do?

The Dementor's Kiss is the act of a Dementor sucking out a person's soul. It was sometimes used as a sentence for criminals by the Ministry of Magic, and is considered a fate worse than death. Before Voldemort was in control of the Ministry, Dementor's Kiss was ordinarily used against those who escape from Azkaban.
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Who built Azkaban?

Well, that's because originally, Azkaban was a fortress built by the sorcerer Ekrizdis, who himself was a powerful and insane practitioner of the Dark Arts. Ekrizdis actually lured, tortured, and killed Muggle sailors there up until he died and the concealment charms faded.
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Is Sirius Black evil?

And like Voldemort, Sirius is a public figure of evil – an entire legend has sprung up around the man and his improbable escape from Azkaban simply fuels the fire there.
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Why did Dementors side with Voldemort?

The Dementors feed off of despair. Voldemort's army spreads it, allowing the dementors to breed. The Dementors take care of the Death Eaters enemies, taking their souls, and demoralizing the rest of the population. It's mutually beneficial to both of them.
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Can Voldemort defeat Dementors?

Voldemort would be unaffected. Simply because dementors suck happiness out of you, and Voldemort had none.
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What is the spell to defeat Dementors?

Professor Lupin drove off the Dementor by using the Patronus Charm.
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Do Dementors talk?

They sould be able to in order to inform ministry, make deal of guarding azkaban with ministry, joining voldemorts side. Al these actions require to communicate with people. From the Wiki, we know that they are indeed able to communicate/speak.
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Who created Dementors?

Perhaps its first resident, or even creator, Ekrizdis, practised the worst kinds of Dark magic and constructed a fortress on the island, luring Muggle sailors there to torture and murder them.
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Why does chocolate help with Dementors?

Behind the scenes. It is possible that chocolate is used to ward off the effects following meeting a Dementor as it has chemicals inside it that stimulate the release of endorphins, which are chemicals produced by the body to combat stress and pain; often leading to feeling of increased happiness.
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Why did Harry hear a woman screaming?

Every time Harry is confronted with a Dementor, he hears the screams of his mother as she is murdered by Lord Voldemort. A horrific memory to hear... He hears this moment because Dementors feed upon happiness and cause depression and despair in anyone near them. They make people relive their worst memories.
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Why is there no electricity in Hogwarts?

One of the most popular ones is all about electricity, as wizards aren't really users of it, preferring candles and other magic to provide light instead. With no electricity, wizards can't use phones, computers, and more like Muggles do, and the reason for the lack of electricity is because magic interferes with it.
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Can Muggles use wands?

Although he couldn't necessarily cast spells, his use of the wand produced a powerful enough blast that it "kicked like a mule" when waved. This further suggests that, within the world of Harry Potter, Muggles can use wands and access magic.
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Are there good Dementors?

They neither good nor evil they just strive to survive like every other animal. Dementors are non-beings, not animals.
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Do Dementors hate chocolate?

The mood-enhancing properties of chocolate are well known in both the Muggle and wizard worlds. Chocolate is the perfect antidote for anyone who has been overcome in the presence of Dementors, which suck hope and happiness out of their surroundings. Chocolate can only be a short-term remedy, however.
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Can a Dementor destroy a Horcrux?

Horcruxes can only be destroyed by leaving the vessel in a state of non-magical repair. There is absolutely no way to recover from the dementor's kiss. This leaves you in a state of non-magical repair (or recovery). Therefore, the dementor's kiss would destroy the part of soul that is inside Harry.
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Do Dementors have hands?

Dementors – tall, black-cloaked figures with rotten, skeletal hands; they have the ability to suck a person's soul out through their mouths, and they drain feelings of happiness and joy; employed as the guards of the wizard prison Azkaban; can only be repelled by the Patronus Charm.
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