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|incantation=''Reducto''<ref name="GOF31">{{GOF}} - Chapter 31 (''The Third Task'')</ref><br/>(re-DUCK-toh)<ref name="OPF">{{OOTPF}}</ref>
 
|incantation=''Reducto''<ref name="GOF31">{{GOF}} - Chapter 31 (''The Third Task'')</ref><br/>(re-DUCK-toh)<ref name="OPF">{{OOTPF}}</ref>
 
|type=[[Curse]]<ref name="GOF31"/>
 
|type=[[Curse]]<ref name="GOF31"/>
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|hand=[[File:Reducto movement.png|70px]]
|hand=Point [[wand]]<ref name="OPF"/>
 
 
|light=Blue<ref name="wonderbook"/><ref name="OPF"/>
 
|light=Blue<ref name="wonderbook"/><ref name="OPF"/>
 
|effect=Destroys solid objects<ref name="GOF31"/>
 
|effect=Destroys solid objects<ref name="GOF31"/>
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The '''Reductor Curse'''<ref name="wonderbook">''[[Wonderbook: Book of Spells]]'' (see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsuo7ZeE3Bw this video] for confirmation)</ref> (''Reducto''<ref name="GOF31"/>) is a [[curse]] that can be used to blast solid objects into pieces<ref name="GOF31"/>. It is rather easy to reduce a target to a fine mist<ref name="wonderbook"/> or a pile of ashes<ref name="OPF"/>.
 
The '''Reductor Curse'''<ref name="wonderbook">''[[Wonderbook: Book of Spells]]'' (see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsuo7ZeE3Bw this video] for confirmation)</ref> (''Reducto''<ref name="GOF31"/>) is a [[curse]] that can be used to blast solid objects into pieces<ref name="GOF31"/>. It is rather easy to reduce a target to a fine mist<ref name="wonderbook"/> or a pile of ashes<ref name="OPF"/>.
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==Known uses==
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*[[Harry Potter]] learned this spell in [[1995]] in preparation for the third task of the [[Triwizard Tournament]]. He used it in the hedge maze to try and disperse the Limbo mist that was placed there as an obstacle.
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*This was also one of the spells Harry taught to[[ Dumbledore's Army]], it was later used during the [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries |Battle of the Department of Mysteries]] and resulted in the smashing of the shelves in the [[Hall of Prophecy]].
   
 
==Practitioners==
 
==Practitioners==
[[File:Reducto.png|thumb]]
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[[File:Reducto.png|thumb|left|126px]]
 
*[[Ginevra Weasley]]<ref name="OPF"/>
 
*[[Ginevra Weasley]]<ref name="OPF"/>
 
*[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="GOF31"/>
 
*[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="GOF31"/>
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==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
 
The [[incantation]] "''reducto''" is [[Latin]] for "''reduce''" or "''bring down''".
 
The [[incantation]] "''reducto''" is [[Latin]] for "''reduce''" or "''bring down''".
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==Behind the scenes==
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[[File:Tumblr_mqzotsyRAi1rgnynlo4_r3_250.gif|frame|in the film]]
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*In the film version of The Order of the Phoenix only Ginny casts the Reductor Curse to smash the selves in the Hall of Prophecy, instead of every D.A. member present.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)]]'' {{C|Nintendo DS version only}}
 
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
 
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
 
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
 
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''

Revision as of 07:36, 18 April 2014

"With this powerful curse, skilled wizards can easily reduce obstacles to pieces. For obvious reasons great care must be exercised when learning and practising this spell, lest you find yourself sweeping up in detention for it is all too easy to bring your classroom ceiling crashing down, or to reduce your teacher's desk to a fine mist."
Miranda Goshawk[src]

The Reductor Curse[3] (Reducto[1]) is a curse that can be used to blast solid objects into pieces[1]. It is rather easy to reduce a target to a fine mist[3] or a pile of ashes[2].

Known uses

Practitioners

Reducto

Etymology

The incantation "reducto" is Latin for "reduce" or "bring down".

Behind the scenes

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in the film

  • In the film version of The Order of the Phoenix only Ginny casts the Reductor Curse to smash the selves in the Hall of Prophecy, instead of every D.A. member present.

Appearances

Notes and references

Defence Against the Dark Arts (D.A.D.A.)
Subjectsdada
D.A.D.A. at Hogwarts
Classroom 3C · Classroom 3C backrooms · Temporary Classroom · Hogwarts Turris Magnus · Teacher's Office · Storeroom · Staircase · Storage room · Lesson Cup · Race Cup · Duelling Club · Dumbledore's Army
Professors
Isidora Morganach · Dinah Hecat · Arsenius Jigger · Albus Dumbledore · Galatea Merrythought · 1984–1985 professor · 1985–1986 professor · 1986–1987 professor · 1987–1988 professor · Patricia Rakepick · 1989–1990 professor · First 1990–1991 professor · Olivia Green · Quirinus Quirrell · Gilderoy Lockhart · Remus Lupin · Bartemius Crouch Junior (as Alastor Moody) · Dolores Umbridge · Severus Snape · Amycus Carrow (as Dark Arts teacher) · Unidentified professor · Brindlemore
Textbooks
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection · Advanced Defence Against the Dark Arts · Break with a Banshee · Gadding with Ghouls · Holidays with Hags · Travels with Trolls · Voyages with Vampires · Wanderings with Werewolves · Year with the Yeti · The Essential Defence Against the Dark Arts · Defensive Magical Theory · Dark Arts Defence – Basics for Beginners · Confronting the Faceless · Defence Against the Dark Arts
Spells studied at Hogwarts under D.A.D.A.
Aqua Eructo · Boggart-Banishing Spell (Riddikulus) · Bombarda Maxima · Cave inimicum · Concealment Charms · Counter-curses · Counter-jinxes · Cruciatus Curse (Crucio) · Curse of the Bogies (Mucus ad Nauseam) · Cursed barrier spell · Densaugeo · Deprimo Spell (Deprimo) · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Ear-Shrivelling Curse · Everte Statum · Freezing Spell (Glacius) · Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus) · Fumos Duo · Green Sparks · Hex-Breaker· Hex-deflection · Hex Zapper · Homorphus Charm · Human-presence-revealing Spell (Homenum Revelio) · Impediment Jinx (Impedimenta) · Imperius Curse (Imperio) · Imperturbable Charm · Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra) · Knockback Jinx (Flipendo) · Lacarnum Inflamari · Langlock · Levitation Spell (Levioso) · Limbo Mist anticharm · Nonverbal spells · Patronus Charm (Expecto Patronum) · Pimple Jinx (Furnunculus) · Protective enchantments · Red Sparks (Vermillious) · Reductor Curse (Reducto) · Salvio hexia · Sea Urchin Jinx · Seize and pull charm (Carpe Retractum) · Shield Charm (Protego) · Smokescreen Spell (Fumos) · Snake-Vanishing Spell (Vipera Evanesca) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Stretching Jinx · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Tongue-Tying Curse (Mimblewimble) · Trip Jinx · Twitchy-Ears Hex · Verdimillious Charm (Verdimillious) · Verdimillious Duo Spell (Verdimillious) · Verdimillious Tria · Vermillious Duo · Vermillious Tria · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos)
Creatures studied at Hogwarts under D.A.D.A.
Banshee · Boggart · Chameleon Ghoul · Charmed skeleton · Cornish Pixie · Dementor · Dugbog · Erkling · Flesh-Eating Slug · Ghost · Ghoul · Gnome · Grindylow · Gytrash · Hag · Hinkypunk · Iguana · Imp · Inferius · Kappa · Manticore · Nocturnal beasts · Nogtail · Poltergeist · Red Cap · Snake · Troll · Vampire · Vampire bat · Werewolf · Yeti · Zombie