What spell defeated Voldemort?

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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How did Expelliarmus kill 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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What is Voldemort's strongest spell?

Avada Kedavra

This spell is the favored one of Lord Voldemort. With it, he has claimed the lives of countless victims over the course of his long and infamous career as the most dangerous and feared Dark Wizard who ever lived.

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Who can defeat Lord Voldemort?

Harry Potter may have been the one to take down Voldemort, but there are plenty of other wizards who could have done the same.

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What is Voldemort's weakness?

Voldemort apparently believes nothing is worse than death; perhaps his greatest weakness is his inability to love. This is because his mother, Merope Gaunt, gave Tom Riddle Senior (Voldemort's father) a love potion. Because Voldemort was conceived under a love potion, he isn't able to feel or express love in his life.

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How Expelliarmus Beat Voldemort's Avada Kedavra - Harry Potter Explained

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What is Lord Voldemort scared of?

After much speculation, J.K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter, revealed that Voldemort's greatest fear is " ignominious death," and that his boggart would be his own corpse.

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What spell kills Bellatrix?

She didn't say any incantation, but she definitely used 2 spells. The first one froze Bellatrix, most likely petrificus totalus as it looked like what happened to Neville when Hermione used that spell on him. Then for the second spell I guess reducto, as this spell shatters things and blasts them into pieces.

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What is the darkest magic in Harry Potter?

What is the most evil spell in the wizarding world?
  • Some would say there's no spell worse than Avada Kedavra, the Killing Curse that Voldemort used so indiscriminately. ...
  • Imperius Curse ('Imperio') ...
  • Cruciatus Curse ('Crucio') ...
  • The Killing Curse ('Avada Kedavra') ...
  • 'Sectumsempra' ...
  • Creating a Horcrux.

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Who survived Avada Kedavra?

Overview. 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 strongest spell?

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.

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What was Voldemort's favorite 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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Did Snape taught Harry Expelliarmus?

It was Snape who taught Harry his signature spell: Expelliarmus. During Duelling Club in Harry's second year, Snape used the Disarming Charm against Lockhart.

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How many times Voldemort used Avada Kedavra?

Avada Kedavra - Used 8 times.

Avada Kedavra is the worst of these curses, as it is used to end the life of an opponent. It is common to see this curse used by the Death Eaters and by “He Who Must Not Be Named.” This spell is based on the Aramaic, meaning "disappear like this word."

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What are the 4 forbidden spells in Harry Potter?

They are the Killing Curse, Avada Kedavra, the Cruciatus Curse, Crucio, and the Imperius Curse, Imperio.

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What is Dumbledore dark secret?

In the opening scene of The Secrets of Dumbledore, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) revealed that he was in fact in love with Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) when they were teenagers, and the blood oath was a witness of their love.

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Who is the most powerful magic user in Harry Potter?

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort ever feared and the only one who could have defeated him in a duel. Albus Dumbledore is the most powerful wizard in the Harry Potter.

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Who kills Fred Weasley?

In 1998, Fred participated in the Battle of Hogwarts, defending the castle's passageways with his twin. While fighting alongside his brother, Percy, he was killed in an explosion possibly caused by Death Eater Augustus Rookwood.

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Who killed Remus Lupin?

Lupin, played in the films by David Thewlis, was murdered in the battle by Death Eater Antonin Dolohov, while Tonks was killed by Bellatrix Lestrange, leaving their son, Teddy, an orphan. Lupin's death is a sore spot for many fans, who fell in love with the werewolf, nicknamed Moony.

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Did Harry use Avada Kedavra?

Although the curses were seldom discussed in school and are highly illegal, Harry had no choice but to turn to them after he was thrust into the Second Wizarding War. Despite his knowledge of the Avada Kedavra incantation, Harry refused to use the Killing Curse.

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Is Voldemort a virgin?

By the time he was Lord Voldemort (despite what I said earlier about the graveyard scene), Tom Riddle had become fully and completely asexual. So my answer to the question is yes, Lord Voldemort was a virgin. More questions on Quora: Harry Potter: Did Tom Riddle open the Chamber of Secrets 50 years ago?

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Who did Voldemort fear?

Besides Dumbledore, he is also the only wizard ever known to be able to apparate silently. Voldemort was also said to fear one wizard alone, Dumbledore.

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Who wasn t afraid to say Voldemort?

But what about Dumbledore, you ask. He's never shirked from saying Voldemort's name out loud. casprinha's thought of that, too: "It shows why Dumbledore was the only one who dared to speak his name, since he was the one wizard that Voldemort feared."

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