What is the most hurtful spell in Harry Potter?

The Killing Curse ('Avada Kedavra')
Obviously there's no coming back from this spell, and according to the Ministry of Magic's classifications (and, again, fake-Moody) this is the worst Unforgivable Curse.
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What are the 3 deadliest spells in Harry Potter?

Extended Description. The three curses that are classified as Unforgivable are the Imperius Curse, the Cruciatus Curse, and the Killing Curse. Mad-Eye Moody introduces Harry and his class to these curses in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
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What are the 4 Unforgivable Curses?

They are the Killing Curse, Avada Kedavra, the Cruciatus Curse, Crucio, and the Imperius Curse, Imperio.
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What is Harry Potter's strongest spell?

Most powerful spells in Harry Potter
  • Expulsion. The curse was used to create immense explosions that shattered the target with a beam of blue light. ...
  • Confringo. The explosive curse (Confringo) was a curse that made the target explode. ...
  • Sectumsempra. ...
  • Legilimens. ...
  • Avada Kedavra. ...
  • Imperius Curse.
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What are the 3 most Unforgivable Curses in Harry Potter?

The three Unforgivable Curses are the Cruciatus Curse, which causes unbearable pain; the Imperius Curse, which allows the user to control the actions of the victim; and the Killing Curse, which causes instant death.
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What spell did Harry use on Draco?

Malfoy spots Harry and casts a Cruciatus curse; Harry, defending himself, using the Half-Blood Prince's Sectumsempra spell without knowing its effects. To his horror, it gashes Draco's face and chest, spilling his blood everywhere.
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What curse did Bellatrix use on Hermione?

After being on the run from a bunch of Snatchers, the gang were taken to Malfoy Manor, where Bellatrix proceeded to torture Hermione using the Cruciatus Curse.
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What is Harry's favorite spell?

Harry became so enamoured with the spell that he eventually used it to finish off Lord Voldemort. Here's how Harry's relationship with Expelliarmus became his signature – and why that's a good and bad thing.
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What is Voldemort's Favourite spell?

Avada Kedavra

It's used to kill people, it's an Unforgivable Curse, and it was Voldemort's favourite, so it's going last.
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What spell protects Harry Potter?

Protego Horribilis protects against dark magic, and in J.K. Rowling's books, it's used to protect Hogwarts against invaders. As spells go, it's certainly light on novelty, but remember, safety first, kids. See “Is Pottermore Good for Harry?”
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What is Voldemort's killing spell?

Some would say there's no spell worse than Avada Kedavra, the Killing Curse that Voldemort used so indiscriminately.
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What is the saddest Harry Potter death?

1 Sirius's Death Left Harry Alone Again

The Order of the Phoenix members came to their rescue, and Sirius engaged in a heated battle with his cousin, Bellatrix, but unfortunately, he lost his life. The loss of his godfather, the closest person he had to a parent devastated Harry, and he felt the repercussion for years.
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What spell kills Bellatrix?

Avada Kedavra has only one purpose: to kill. However, it's not the only curse that can be lethal. Stunners can be lethal, for instance — particularly if someone takes multiple stunners or one is a direct hit over the heart.
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Which unforgivable curse did Harry use?

Harry Used The Imperius Curse Multiple Times During The Gringotts Heist. Harry does use Unforgivable Curses in the last movie. Death Eaters had a history of using Imperio to make innocent victims do their bidding.
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What is Snape's favorite spell?

Sectumsempra was a curse invented by Professor Severus Snape that lacerates the target and causes severe haemorrhaging. Snape created it as a student of Hogwarts, with the intention of using it against his enemies, likely including the Marauders, and it became one of his specialities.
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What spell kills in Harry Potter?

Avada Kedavra, also known as the Killing Curse, kills a person instantaneously and without injury. There is no countercurse for it, and only one person, Harry Potter, has ever survived it.
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What is Dumbledore's Favourite spell?

Expelliarmus. The Disarming Charm, as the name implies, enables the user to disarm another wizard or witch in a duel by forcing their wand out of their hand. ...
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What is Hermione's signature spell?

Alohomora, which is a spell that unlocks objects (and it's also Hermine Granger's signature spell).
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What is Dumbledore's main spell?

Dumbledore's Forceful Spell. Albus Dumbledore's forceful spell is a spell of his own invention intended to reveal the number of times one's soul has been split and detached and possibly even the location of those split soul fragments. It's like a weird version of Homenum Revelio but – you know – for souls.
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What spell fixes Harry's broken nose?

Episkey, a spell for minor cuts and injuries, keeps the accident-prone from telltale scars and heals battered athletes on the field. (It's used in The Goblet of Fire to fix Harry's broken nose.)
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What is Ginny's favorite spell?

Ginevra Weasley was well-known for her ability to cast a particularly potent Bat-Bogey Hex, which could be considered her signature spell as she used it several times on people who annoyed her and was referred as "an accomplished caster" of the spell.
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What is the easiest spell in Harry Potter?

Taking a wand back to its natural state is barely even doing magic, which is why the nox charm is the easiest spell in the Wizarding World.
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What spell did Bellatrix hit Sirius with?

In the film adaptation, Bellatrix casts the Killing Curse on Sirius instead of this unidentified spell. This spell may have been the Impediment Jinx.
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Did Molly use Avada Kedavra?

In the book she didn't, it was a stronger Stupefy in the movie it is unclear what curse she used but it wasn't Avada Kedavra. It is quiet clear in the books that there are more than one way to kill someone magically, it happens twice: Sirus and Bellatrix.
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Does Harry ever use the killing curse?

Despite his knowledge of the Avada Kedavra incantation, Harry refused to use the Killing Curse. The three dangerous curses were classified as "Unforgivable" nearly 200 years before the events of the Harry Potter series.
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