Avada Kedavra

English Etymology Verbalization of the incantation of the Killing Curse in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. Rowling has stated that it is from en arc עַבְדָא כְּדַבְרָא avda kedavra what was said has been done, calling it “the original of en abracadabra, which means ‘let the thing be destroyed’”;w:J. K. Rowling J K Rowling at the Edinburgh Book Festival J.K.Rowling Official Site https://web.archive.org/web/20060224124458/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=80 15 August 2004 Does anyone know where avada kedavra came from? It is an ancient spell in Aramaic, and it is the original of abracadabra, which means “let the thing be destroyed”. Originally, it was used to cure illness and the “thing” was the illness, but I decided to make it the “thing” as in the person standing in front of me. I take a lot of liberties with things like that. I twist them round and make them mine. compare he עַבְרָא כְּדַבְרָא avra kedavra what was said has come to pass. In fact, a relationship of these terms with abracadabra (of unknown origin) has been suggested, but there is little supporting evidence. Verb + ~-ing ~'d,~ed 1 en ambitransitive humorous To use the Killing Curse from the Harry Potter series on (someone), causing immediate death. en Kevin Kryah Harry ends on a high note Samantha Strong Cub Reporter 63 1 Indianapolis, Ind. w:Lawrence Central High School 16 August 2011 13 1 There isn’t much point in trying to attack this, the final installment in the epic saga of Harry Potter; everyone in the civilized world has already seen it, and all of the die-hard HP fans won’t accept even the slightest criticism of the movies, save for the degree to which they differ from the books. However, at the time of this writing, HP-fever has died down and I can now give this movie a fair examination, free from the scornful “avada kedavra-ing” of fanboys and fangirls. en Charlie Wilson A Seriously Useful Author’s Guide to Writing a Marketable Book Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire Troubador Publishing Ltd 2012 136 https://archive.org/details/writingmarketabl0000char/page/136/mode/1up 978-178088-272-7 If Harry Potter was a vicious hooligan, we’d quite happily accept Voldermort Avada-Kedavra-ing him. en J.C. Daniels pseudonym; Shiloh Walker Colbana Files 10 https://books.google.com/books?id=rbd3DAAAQBAJ&pg=PT107 Broken Blade 2013 part 1 (Broken) 9781625172075 If I was Harry Potter, I would have Avada Kedavraed your ass straight into hell. en David Shuck The weather outside doesn’t have to be frightful André Rouillard w:The Vanderbilt Hustler 125 44 6 November 2013 6 3 There are challenges — like Ravenclaw egos, Voldemort’s avada kedavra-ing, the Malfoys’ bullying, the stress of exams and the frigidity of weather which can make lecture halls seem more like igloos — but these challenges become much more manageable when undertaken alongside others with whom one identifies and empathizes. en Skeeter Reeter bo Beeter pseudonym Professor Rewarded for Taking Revenge on Slacking Students https://issuu.com/wilsonbillboard/docs/2016-04-01_wbillboard_online_pdf The Wilson Bullboard Chambersburg, Pa. Wilson College 1 April 2016 4 2–3 “One day I walked into my classroom to find every single student snoring. The noise…I finally snapped. I waved my hand and turned them all into blue-footed bubis**.” / News traveled across campus quickly, eliciting an immediate response from both faculty and students. / “I love it!” said one professor who wished not to be named. “That’s thinking outside the box! Personally, I would have avada kedavra’d the whole lot of them. But I suppose it’s a start.” **Editor’s note: It says “bubis,” not “boobies.” Quit being juvenile! en Irvin Khaytman Albus Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix The Life and Lies of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore 2nd Story Spring Publishing 2018 978-1-7335141-1-8 Voldemort remains a performer throughout the entire series, and his theatricality becomes his predictability (though he learns enough to Avada Kedavra Harry immediately in Deathly Hallows and go through the theatrics after the threat has been nullified). en Best Magical Queue https://issuu.com/euclidmediagroup/docs/orlando_weekly_best_of_orlando_2018 Jessica Bryce Young Best of Orlando 2018 w:Orlando Weekly Orlando, Fla. w:Euclid Media Group 22 August 2018 28 August 2018 137 Theme park lines occupy – or, really, are – a special place in hell, especially the ones in Central Florida, where standing under the Florida sun usually results in enough back sweat to fill a kiddie pool. One place, though, stops us from Avada Kedavra-ing ourselves – the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. With meticulous attention to detail and the Harry Potter canon, Universal engineers have created immersive waiting areas that are just as magically engaging as the ride itself. en Emily Roach; Rebecca Rahme Adrian https://books.google.com/books?id=XdaEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT17 The Uprising Bloomington, Ind. w:iUniverse 28 August 2019 978-1-5320-6117-2 He is standing again, pacing around the apartment lobby, scared, like some wizard is going to Avada Kedavra him into oblivion. en C. T. Phipps; Michael Suttkus A Nightmare on Elk Street https://books.google.com/books?id=QDY1EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT505 The Bright Falls Mysteries Saga Mystique Press 2021 9781637899380 Have faith in yourself, Jane. You are more dangerous than you know. / I tried to believe that. Of course, it would have been easier to believe if not for the fact I had to turn into a deer to duck out of the way of Jones pulling out a wand then firing glowing balls of hellish fire at me. / “You are not going to Avada Kedavra me, Hermione!” I shouted. / Alex engaged Visigoth in battle and it was hard to tell who was winning, since the two thousand-year-old vampire moved faster than the eye could see. en transitive humorous figurative To destroy (something). en w:UWM Post 56 13 Milwaukee, Wis. w:University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee 5 December 2011 Better be careful, witch, it sounds like he’s about to Avada Kedavra this relationship. en The Bullseye Henry Goldblatt w:Entertainment Weekly 1383 New York, N.Y. Entertainment Weekly Inc. 2 October 2015 80 https://archive.org/details/entertainment-weekly-1383-2015-10-02/page/n77/mode/1up 1049-0434 Hermione Granger just turned 36, in case your childhood hasn’t already been Avada Kedavra’d into oblivion. en Adam K. Dean Git, Configuration Management, and Infrastructure as Code Linux Administration Cookbook: Insightful Recipes to Work with System Administration Tasks on Linux Birmingham, West Midlands Packt Publishing Ltd. December 2018 637 https://books.google.com/books?id=8R2CDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA637 978-1-78934-252-9 Now, if you accidentally run terraform destroy against prod, and it also takes the data with it, you’ve done more than just flipped the boxes off. They’re gone, kaput, Avada Kedavra’d, so be careful. We have these tools to make our lives easier, but sometimes I wonder if we’re not also giving ourselves the capability for so much more accidental destruction. en Gloria Chao Shit Our Wayward Fate New York, N.Y. Simon Pulse 2019 2020 73 https://books.google.com/books?id=tfb1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73 9781534427624 Despite our being confined in a boring-ass town whose main attraction was the fucking hardware store because it had begun serving steak-and-cheese sandwiches, Chase had planned the perfect date, only for my mother to Avada Kedavra it. en The Quibbler https://issuu.com/thehogwartsquibbler/docs/quibbler_summer_2020 summer 2020 ‘1 And it hit me. That poem just reached inside of me, tore my heart out, and Avada Kedavra’d it!’ It is a very emotional poem, to be sure. References Further reading Killing Curse on Harry Potter Wiki. en terms derived from Harry Potter en Harry Potter Magic words Murder