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Diminuendo was the incantation for a charm[2] that caused an object to shrink.[1] It also worked on humans.[2]

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During the 1980s and 1990s at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, students who were members of the Duelling Club would use this spell against their opponents in duels.[2]

During the 1995–1996 school year at Hogwarts, Nigel Wolpert used this spell on a mechanical Death Eater target in the Room of Requirement during a Dumbledore's Army meeting.[1]

Etymology[]

In music, Diminuendo is a word indicating changes of dynamics; means "getting gradually softer". In modern English, "diminish" means "to shrink" or to "become nonexistent"

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