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A '''Crushing Cabinet''' is a torture device consisting of an iron cabinet in which a person is slowly crushed, as they find the walls, floor and ceiling closing in. The crushing walls are activated by closing the door shut.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090208003401/http://imsdb.com/scripts/Harry-Potter-and-the-Chamber-of-Secrets.html''Chamber of Secrets'' script] on IMSDb, available via Internet Archive</ref>
 
A '''Crushing Cabinet''' is a torture device consisting of an iron cabinet in which a person is slowly crushed, as they find the walls, floor and ceiling closing in. The crushing walls are activated by closing the door shut.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20090208003401/http://imsdb.com/scripts/Harry-Potter-and-the-Chamber-of-Secrets.html''Chamber of Secrets'' script] on IMSDb, available via Internet Archive</ref>
   
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[[Borgin and Burkes]] owned a Crushing Cabinet, at least during the summer of [[1992]].<ref>''{{COS|F}}</ref>
   
<span style="font-size:18px;">Behind the scenes</span>
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==Behind the scenes==
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[[File:Cabinet.jpg|thumb|left|Harry hiding in the cabinet]]
*This cabinet is named only in the script for the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''.
 
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*This cabinet is named only in the script for {{COS|FA}}.
*Despite being identifed as a different cabinet in the film and video game, most fans believe that w<span style="line-height:21px;">hen Harry accidentally arrived to</span><span style="line-height:21px;"> </span>[[Borgin and Burkes]] by [[Floo Powder]]<span style="line-height:21px;">, he hid inside the [[Hogwarts-Borgin and Burkes Vanishing Cabinet pair|Vanishing Cabinet]] later used by [[Death Eaters]] as an entryway to [[Hogwarts]], and not the Crushing Cabinet from the film.</span>
 
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*This cabinet replaces the [[Vanishing Cabinet]] from the novels in the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|film]] and [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)|video game adaptations]] of {{COS}}, as the cabinet in Borgin and Burkes was not identified as a Vanishing Cabinet until the release of {{HBP}} almost three years later.
   
 
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*{{COS|F}} {{1st}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
 
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Pottermore]]''
 
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
 
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A Crushing Cabinet is a torture device consisting of an iron cabinet in which a person is slowly crushed, as they find the walls, floor and ceiling closing in. The crushing walls are activated by closing the door shut.[1]

Borgin and Burkes owned a Crushing Cabinet, at least during the summer of 1992.[2]

Behind the scenes

Cabinet

Harry hiding in the cabinet

Appearances

Notes and references