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Scouring Charm - Serpensortia - Severing Charm - Shield Charm - Silencing Charm
Slug Curse - Sonorus - Stunner - Stupefy - Summoning Charm - Switching Spells


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Scouring Charm

no incantation  given

Cleans things, fingernails, for example.

  • Hermione taught Neville a Scouring Charm to clean the frog guts out from under his fingernails (GF14). 
  • A Scouring Charm is required to eradicate an infestation of Bundimuns (FB)

Serpensortia (ser-pen-SOR-sha)

"serpens" L. serpent + "sortir" Old Fr. to go out

Causes a large serpent to burst from the end of the caster's wand.

  • Draco casts this spell on Harry at the Dueling Club on Snape's suggestion; the serpent moves to attack Justin Fitch-Fletchley (CS10)

Severing Charm

no incantation given

Spell to cut something.

  • Ron uses this spell to remove the lace from the neck and sleeves of his used dress robes (GF23)

Shield Charm

no incantation given

This spell creates a magical barrier which will deflect hexes thrown at the caster.


Silencing Charm

no incantation given

A charm which causes something to be silent.

  • The song of the Fwooper will drive the listener insane and must therefore be sold with a Silencing Charm on it. This charm must be recast on the Fwooper every month (FB).

Slug Curse

no incantation given (no, it's not "eat slugs")

Causes the victim to belch up slugs.

  • Ron tried to hit Malfoy with this curse after Malfoy had called Hermione a Mudblood. Unfortunately, Ron's wand was damaged and the spell backfired (CS7)
  • Interestingly, Ron had only a short time before, at breakfast, snapped "Eat slugs, Malfoy!" This is not the incantation, however, although the film suggests that it is. 

Sonorus (so-NO-rus )
reverse: Quietus

"sonorus" L. loud

Makes the caster's voice carry over long distances.

  • Ludo Bagman uses these spells to make his voice heard throughout the World Quidditch Cup stadium and over the stands of people watching the Triwizard Tournament (GF8, 31)

Stunner
"Stunning Spell"

See STUPEFY
c.f. ENNERVATE


Stupefy ( STOO-puh-fye)
"Stunner" "Stupefying Charm"
reverse: "Ennervate"

"stupefacio" L. to make senseless, from "stupeo" L. stunned

Renders the target of the spell unconscious.

  • Used by Ministry Wizards to try to stop whomever cast the Dark Mark (GF9) 
  • Used by dragon keepers (a lot of them at once) to manage dragons (GF
  • Flavius Belby tried to use a Stupefying Charm against a Lethifold, but only succeeded in blasting a hole through his bedroom door (FB)

Summoning Charm

See ACCIO


Switching Spells

various, depending on the transfiguration intended

A classification of Transfiguration spells.

  • Neville wasn't particularly adept at these (GF15)
  • Hermione, discussing ways to combat dragons:
    • "Well, there are Switching Spells...but what’s the point of Switching it? Unless you swapped its fangs for wine-gums or something that would make it less dangerous..." (GF
See CROSS-SPECIES SWITCHES


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original page date 5/12/01
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