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{{Spell infobox
 
{{Spell infobox
|name=Expulso
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|name=Expulso Curse
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|image=[[File:Expulso.JPG|250px]]
|incantation=ecks-PUL-soh
 
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|incantation=''Expulso''<ref name="DH9">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 9 (''A Place to Hide'')</ref><br/>(ecks-SPUHL-soh)<ref name="pronunciation">''The Pronunciation Guide from the Scholastic Official Site''</ref>
|type=[[Transfiguration]] charm
 
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|type=[[Curse]]<ref name="type">''Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter'' (see [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Muggles'_Guide_to_Harry_Potter/Magic/Expulso here])</ref>
|hand=
 
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|hand=Point [[wand]]<ref name="DHF">{{DHF1}}</ref>
|effect=Causes explosion
 
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|light=Blue<ref name="DHF"/>
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|effect=Blows things up<ref name="DH9"/>
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|creator=
 
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'''''Expulso''''' is a [[Spell]] that causes an object to explode. The force of the explosion may depend on the intent of the caster.
 
   
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{{Quote|...the table behind which [[Harry Potter|Harry]] was standing blew up: the force of the explosion slammed him into the wall and he felt his [[wand]] leave his hand as the [[cloak]] slipped off him.|Description|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
   
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The '''Expulso Curse'''<ref name="type"/><ref name="DHVG">{{DHVG}}</ref> (''Expulso''<ref name="DH9"/>) is a [[curse]]<ref name="type"/> used to produce immense explosions, blasting the target apart<ref name="DH9"/> with a burst of blue light<ref name="DHF"/>; it has enough force to throw people into walls<ref name="DH9"/>
   
==Uses==
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==Practitioners==
 
*[[Antonin Dolohov]]<ref name="DH9"/>
[[Antonin Dolohov]] used this spell in a [[Luchino Caffe|café]] on [[Tottenham Court Road]] during a [[Skirmish at Luchino Caffe|skirmish]] with [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] in August of [[1997]]. Dolohov cast ''Expulso'' in the direction of an [[Invisibility Cloak (Deathly Hallow)|invisible]] Harry; it struck the table Harry was standing behind, causing an explosion that slammed him into a wall with great force, sooner during the hunt for the horcruxes [[Harry Potter]] used this spell to try and destroy the locket of Salazar Slytherin.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''</ref>
 
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*[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="DHF"/> {{C|Ineffective}}
   
 
==Etymology==
It is possible this may have been the spell that caused the explosion (which may have been caused by [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] [[Augustus Rookwood]]), which killed [[Fred Weasley]] during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], if the explosion manifested itself as a blast, rather than a fireball (''Expulso'' appears to use pressure as the source of the explosion, as opposed to [[Blasting Curse|''Confringo'']], which presumably uses heat as the source).
 
 
[[Latin]] ''expulso'', meaning "expel".
   
==Known users==
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==Behind the scenes==
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)|video game]], if one charges the [[spell]] then it acts as an automatic rifle.
*[[Antonin Dolohov]]
 
*[[Augustus Rookwood]] (possibly)
 
*[[Harry Potter]]
 
   
==Etymology==
 
Latin expulso meaning to "drive out, expel, force out, banish.
 
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{1st}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]'' {{Possible}}
 
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)]]''
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)]]'' {{Possible}}
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)]]''
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
 
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Reflist}}
   
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[[es:Maleficio Expulso]]
 
[[fr:Expulso]]
 
[[fr:Expulso]]
 
[[fi:Paiskaos]]
 
[[fi:Paiskaos]]
[[Category:Charms]]
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[[Category:Curses]]
[[Category:Transfiguration Spells]]
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[[Category:Spells of known incantation]]

Revision as of 13:12, 14 January 2014

"...the table behind which Harry was standing blew up: the force of the explosion slammed him into the wall and he felt his wand leave his hand as the cloak slipped off him."
— Description[src]

The Expulso Curse[3][5] (Expulso[1]) is a curse[3] used to produce immense explosions, blasting the target apart[1] with a burst of blue light[4]; it has enough force to throw people into walls[1]

Practitioners

Etymology

Latin expulso, meaning "expel".

Behind the scenes

  • In the video game, if one charges the spell then it acts as an automatic rifle.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 9 (A Place to Hide)
  2. The Pronunciation Guide from the Scholastic Official Site
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter (see here)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
  5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (video game)