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The Blasting Curse is a spell that causes anything that the spell comes into contact with to explode. A possible lesser version of it might be the Blasting Charm. The incantation is Confringo.

Known uses

Possible uses

Confringo

Hermione using this curse against Nagini.

  • This spell may have been the cause of the explosion which killed Fred Weasley during the Battle of Hogwarts.
  • On 1 November, 1981, Peter Pettigrew may have used an extremely powerful blasting curse to decimate a street and kill twelve Muggles at once while evading Sirius Black, who was blamed for the crimes and Pettigrew's alleged death. [2] The explosion was so fierce, it left a massive crater in the street, with the pipes showing. The Ministry gave an excuse of a "gas leak" to the surviving Muggles, and thought that Black was the one who used the curse.
    Confringo!

Known practitioners

Etymology

Confringo is Latin for "I break".

Behind the Scenes

  • In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Professor McGonagall possibly uses the Blasting Curse to duel against Snape (just in case this is not the Blasting Curse, it is referred to as the Fiery offensive spell), defeating Amycus and Alecto Carrow in the process.
  • In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Harry uses the Blasting Curse against Nagini in an attempt to kill her and possibly to provoke Voldemort to chase Harry, so the snake would stay behind unprotected. Immediately after this instance, Voldemort also casted several Blasting Curses at Harry as he jumped into a corridor and escaped Voldemort's wrath.
  • Both this spell and Expulso share similar effects, though - unlike the latter - Confringo is sometimes accompanied by fiery explosions. The reason for this may be that Confringo is the result of a sharp, local temperature increase where as Expulso increases the local pressure to cause explosions. However in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (video game), Confringo is an explosive spell, while Expulso serves as some sort of "machine gun" spell.
  • In different varieties of games and films, the colour of Confringo varies. It's two main colours so far are a light blue and purple, or simply a fiery explosion.

Appearances

See also

Notes and references