the killing curse in harry potter is called the cruciatus.
what is the killing curse in harry potter called?
the cruciatus
bullet::::- the killing curse (incantation: "avada kedavra") manifests as a jet of green light that causes immediate, painless death. the killing curse has no counter-curse and cannot be blocked by most magical means. however, the green energy bolt may be dodged, blocked with solid objects or intercepted with a few other powerful fast spells, particularly stunning spells. harry potter is the only person known to have survived (twice), nullified (once) and deflected (once) this curse.
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this yearning was one of the reasons why the killing curse used by voldemort on harry in the forbidden forest does destroy the fragment of voldemort’s soul within harry, but only sends harry’s soul into a near-death state. harry could return to his body despite being hit by the killing curse from the elder wand because voldemort had used harry's blood to regain his full strength in "harry potter and the goblet of fire", and because the actual master of the elder wand, draco malfoy, had been defeated by harry making harry the new master of the elder wand. harry’s ownership of the wand used for the curse and the horcrux-like connection between voldemort and harry diminished voldemort’s curse and protected harry from irreversible death.
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