Some would say there's no spell worse than Avada Kedavra, the Killing Curse that Voldemort used so indiscriminately.
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.
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.
They were first classified as "Unforgivable" in 1717. They are the Killing Curse, Avada Kedavra, the Cruciatus Curse, Crucio, and the Imperius Curse, Imperio.
Avada Kedavra
It's used to kill people, it's an Unforgivable Curse, and it was Voldemort's favourite, so it's going last.
One of the charms he uses is the protean charm which we are told in Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix is a N.E.W.T standard spell. Draco's ability to master high-level charms outside of his current teaching level suggests he also has more powerful abilities than many will think.
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.
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. In 1707, the Wizards' Council was restructured into the Ministry of Magic, which allowed for more strict restrictions on certain types of magic.
Dec. 28, 1997: Ron Weasley destroys Salazar Slytherin's locket deep in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, by stabbing it with Godric Gryffindor's sword.
Expelliarmus: Harry Potter's Signature Spell | Wizarding World.
Firestorm. Firestorm was a spell that created a large ring of fire around the caster's wand. This spell is one of the last and most powerful spells that Albus Dumbledore cast using the elder wand before his death.
Confringo. Commonly known as the Blasting Curse, Confringo causes the target to explode. To make it even more dangerous, it produces flames that ignite upon contact with the target. If Confringo fails to kill the target immediately, they will instead suffer a slow and painful death.
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.
The Disarming Charm became Harry Potter's signature spell, and it notably caused the death of Lord Voldemort during the Battle of Hogwarts by rebounding his Killing Curse because the Elder Wand recognised Harry as its master through the spell connection, and thus strengthened the Disarming Charm to the point that ...
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.
"Sectumsempra is a curse invented by Professor Severus Snape, during his childhood, when he was known as "The Half-Blood Prince" He created it with the intention of using it against his enemies, and it soon became one of his specialties."
The Killing Curse, as an "unblockable" Curse, cannot be intercepted by another spell, except in circumstances of Priori Incantatem, where the caster and his opponent's wands and spells are locked together. An explosion or green fire may result if the spell hits something other than a living target.
It is an ancient spell in Aramaic, and it is the original of abracadabra, which means 'let the thing be destroyed. ' Originally, it was used to cure illness and the 'thing' was the illness, but I decided to make it the 'thing' as in the person standing in front of me. I take a lot of liberties with things like that.
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.
Alohomora, which is a spell that unlocks objects (and it's also Hermine Granger's signature spell).
'Is Draco alive? Is he in the castle? ' The whisper was barely audible; her lips were an inch from his ear, her head bent so low that her long hair shielded his face from the onlookers.
Draco fears Voldemort intimidating and manipulating the Malfoy family.