Avada Kedavra

Avada Kedavra is the killing curse in the Harry Potter fictional universe—an unforgivable spell that causes instant death.

The incantation, which resembles the stage magic word "abracadabra," has become a joking reference to wanting something gone immediately: Avada Kedavra that email from my inbox.

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Voldemort · flash of light · point blank · dark magic · spell · curse · murder · Hogwarts · Bellatrix · Death Eaters · incantation · last words · fatal · forbidden · dark lord · mortal enemy · wizard · duel

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Opposites
life and death magic

Avada Kedavraresurrection

Revival from death

healing spell · healing magic · Fawkes · bezoar

moral alignment of magic

Avada Kedavramother's love

love · white magic · light magic

Family

abracadabra, cadaver, cadaverous

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Negative · Rated PG