- "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
- 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.
- This was also one of the spells Harry taught toDumbledore's Army, it was later used during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and resulted in the smashing of the shelves in the Hall of Prophecy.
Practitioners
- Ginevra Weasley[2]
- Harry Potter[1]
- Hermione Granger[4]
- Luna Lovegood[4]
- Molly Weasley[5]
- Neville Longbottom[4]
- Parvati Patil[6]
- Ronald Weasley[4]
- Severus Snape[7]
Etymology
The incantation "reducto" is Latin for "reduce" or "bring down".
Behind the scenes
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
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game) (Nintendo DS version only)
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Chapter 31 (The Third Task)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Wonderbook: Book of Spells (see this video for confirmation)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 35 (Beyond the Veil)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 19 (The Lion and the Serpent)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Chapter 23 (The Yule Ball)
