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"I couldn’t get the Horcrux off you. It was stuck, stuck to your chest. You’ve got a mark; I’m sorry, I had to use a Severing Charm to get it away. The snake bit you too, but I’ve cleaned the wound and put some dittany on it."
The Severing Charm (Diffindo) is a spell that rips, divides, and separates objects into parts. At Hogwarts, it is learned in the second year. It can cut human flesh if used inappropriately or defensively, and therefore can cause death or serious injury.
Used in 1997 to remove the bindings on Ron Weasley after a skirmish at the Luchino Caffe; she trembled while doing this, and cut Ron in the process, suggesting that the Severing Charm can have a slicing effect on flesh.[3]
In 1996, Harry Potter cast this in an attempt to sever the tentacles of thought that the attacking brain wrapped around Ron during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. [4]
In 1997, Harry Potter used this spell to try to cut Mrs. Cattermole free of the chained chair in the Wizengamot courtroom, but it did not work. [3]
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