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"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 blasts solid objects to pieces.^[1] It is rather easy to reduce a target to a fine mist^[3] or a pile of ashes.^[2] Harry Potter taught this curse to Dumbledore's Army during the 1995–1996 school year

History

It is unknown when and who invented this spell. It was used multiple times during the Second Wizarding War. It is also featured in the Wonderbook: Book of Spells and is commented on by Miranda Goshawk.

During the 1988–1989 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the then Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor Patricia Rakepick taught this spell to her fifth year DADA students, in order to teach them something both highly practical and useful in their education.^[4]

This is one of the spells that Harry Potter taught Dumbledore's Army, having previously used the spell during the Triwizard Tournament. It was used heavily by members of the DA that participated in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries in June 1996.

Known uses

" Five different voices behind him bellowed, "REDUCTO!" Five curses flew in five different directions and the shelves opposite them exploded as they hit; the towering structure swayed as a hundred glass spheres burst apart, pearly-white figures unfurled into the air and floated there, their voices echoing from who knew what long-dead past amid the torrent of crashing glass and splintered wood now raining down upon the floor — "

— D.A. members smashing the shelves in the Hall of Prophecy^[src]

Caster(s)	Date	Notes
Severus Snape	25 December, 1994	Snape used this on rosebushes at the Yule Ball after his talk with Karkaroff.
Harry Potter	June 1995	Harry learned this spell in 1995 in preparation for the third task of the Triwizard Tournament.
	24 June, 1995	He used it in the hedge maze to try and disperse the Limbo mist that was placed there as an obstacle.
	24 June, 1995	He used it again when he need to blast away a bush to get through and save Cedric from Victor, who was under the Imperius Curse.
Parvati Patil	Fall 1995	Parvati used this curse during a D.A. to reduce a table to rubble.
Harry Potter	18 June, 1996	This spell was later used during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and resulted in the smashing of the shelves in the Hall of Prophecy.
Hermione Granger
Ginny Weasley
Ron Weasley
Luna Lovegood
Neville Longbottom
Order of the Phoenix member	30 June, 1997	Used to try and get past the Cursed Barrier in The Battle of the Astronomy Tower, the night Albus Dumbledore died.

Known practitioners

Etymology

The incantation "reducto" is Latin for "reduce" or "bring down".

Behind the scenes

In the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film), only Ginny casts the Reductor Curse to smash the shelves in the Hall of Prophecy, instead of every D.A. member present.
In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, The Reductor Curse is the standard offensive spell that enemies, in particular Death Eaters, will cast at the player's character to attack them.^[8]
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Hermione casts Reducto to destroy a railing in order to clear her path so she could jump onto the Ukrainian Ironbelly, and again to force the dragon to take off from the top of Gringotts' spire when it stopped for a rest.

Appearances

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 Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 35 (Beyond the Veil)
↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 19 (The Lion and the Serpent)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 23 (The Yule Ball)
↑ LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

Charms (class)

Charm-book writers and developers
Blagdon Blay · Daisy Pennifold · Delfina Crimp · Miranda Goshawk · Jarleth Hobart · Basil Horton · Helixa Hyslop · Syna Hyslop · Randolph Keitch · Levina Monkstanley · Orabella Nuttley · Mnemone Radford · Scarpin · Elliot Smethwyck · Felix Summerbee · Violeta Stitch
Professors	Fortinbras · Filius Flitwick · Abraham Ronen · Unidentified male professor · Unidentified medieval professor
Textbooks	Achievements in Charming · Extreme Incantations · Quintessence: A Quest · The Standard Book of Spells
Charms studied at Hogwarts
Anti-Alohomora Charm · Ascension Charm (Ascendio) · Banishing Charm (Depulso) · Blackboard Writing Spell · Blue sparks · Bombardment Spell (Bombarda) · Box Blasting Charm (Cistem Aperio) · Bubble-Head Charm · Cheering Charm · Cleaning Charm · Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Confundus Charm (Confundo) · Counter-charm for hiccoughs · Dancing Feet Spell (Tarantallegra) · Descendo · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Disillusionment Charm · Drought Charm · Entrancing Enchantments (theoretically) · Eradication Spell (Deletrius) · Engorgement Charm (Engorgio) · Extinguishing Spell · Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Freezing Charm (Immobulus) · Freezing Spell (Glacius) · Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus) · General Counter-Spell (Finite Incantatem) · Gouging Spell (Defodio) · Growth Charm · Ice Jinx · Impervius Charm (Impervius) · Knitting Charm · Knockback Jinx (Flipendo) · Leg-Locker Curse (Locomotor Mortis) · Levitation Charm (Wingardium Leviosa) · Locking Spell (Colloportus) · Locomotion Charm (Locomotor) · Lumos Solem Spell (Lumos Solem) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Memory Charm (Obliviate) · Muffliato Charm (Muffliato) · Nonverbal spells · Pack Charm (Pack) · Red Sparks (Vermillious) · Reductor Curse (Reducto) · Scouring Charm (Scourgify) · Seize and pull charm (Carpe Retractum) · Severing Charm (Diffindo) · Shrinking Charm (Reducio) · Silencing Charm (Silencio) · Slowing Charm (Arresto Momentum) · Skurge Charm (Skurge) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Spell for growing legs · Substantive Charm · Summoning Charm (Accio) · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Unlocking Charm (Alohomora) · Vinegar to wine spell · Wand-Extinguishing Charm (Nox) · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos) · Lumos Maxima · Water-Making Spell (Aguamenti)

Defence Against the Dark Arts (D.A.D.A.)

D.A.D.A. at Hogwarts
Classroom 3C · Classroom 3C backrooms · Temporary Classroom · Hogwarts Turris Magnus · Teacher's Office · Storeroom · Staircase · Storage room · Lesson Cup · Race Cup · Duelling Club · Dumbledore's Army
Professors
Isidora Morganach · Dinah Hecat · Arsenius Jigger · Albus Dumbledore · Galatea Merrythought · 1984–1985 professor · 1985–1986 professor · 1986–1987 professor · 1987–1988 professor · Patricia Rakepick · 1989–1990 professor · First 1990–1991 professor · Olivia Green · Quirinus Quirrell · Gilderoy Lockhart · Remus Lupin · Bartemius Crouch Junior (as Alastor Moody) · Dolores Umbridge · Severus Snape · Amycus Carrow (as Dark Arts teacher) · Unidentified professor · Brindlemore
Textbooks
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection · Advanced Defence Against the Dark Arts · Break with a Banshee · Gadding with Ghouls · Holidays with Hags · Travels with Trolls · Voyages with Vampires · Wanderings with Werewolves · Year with the Yeti · The Essential Defence Against the Dark Arts · Defensive Magical Theory · Dark Arts Defence – Basics for Beginners · Confronting the Faceless · Defence Against the Dark Arts
Spells studied at Hogwarts under D.A.D.A.
Aqua Eructo · Boggart-Banishing Spell (Riddikulus) · Bombarda Maxima · Cave inimicum · Concealment Charms · Counter-curses · Counter-jinxes · Cruciatus Curse (Crucio) · Curse of the Bogies (Mucus ad Nauseam) · Cursed barrier spell · Densaugeo · Deprimo Spell (Deprimo) · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Ear-Shrivelling Curse · Everte Statum · Freezing Spell (Glacius) · Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus) · Fumos Duo · Green Sparks · Hex-Breaker· Hex-deflection · Hex Zapper · Homorphus Charm · Human-presence-revealing Spell (Homenum Revelio) · Impediment Jinx (Impedimenta) · Imperius Curse (Imperio) · Imperturbable Charm · Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra) · Knockback Jinx (Flipendo) · Lacarnum Inflamari · Langlock · Levitation Spell (Levioso) · Limbo Mist anticharm · Nonverbal spells · Patronus Charm (Expecto Patronum) · Pimple Jinx (Furnunculus) · Protective enchantments · Red Sparks (Vermillious) · Reductor Curse (Reducto) · Salvio hexia · Sea Urchin Jinx · Seize and pull charm (Carpe Retractum) · Shield Charm (Protego) · Smokescreen Spell (Fumos) · Snake-Vanishing Spell (Vipera Evanesca) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Stretching Jinx · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Tongue-Tying Curse (Mimblewimble) · Trip Jinx · Twitchy-Ears Hex · Verdimillious Charm (Verdimillious) · Verdimillious Duo Spell (Verdimillious) · Verdimillious Tria · Vermillious Duo · Vermillious Tria · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos)
Creatures studied at Hogwarts under D.A.D.A.
Banshee · Boggart · Chameleon Ghoul · Charmed skeleton · Cornish Pixie · Dementor · Dugbog · Erkling · Flesh-Eating Slug · Ghost · Ghoul · Gnome · Grindylow · Gytrash · Hag · Hinkypunk · Iguana · Imp · Inferius · Kappa · Manticore · Nocturnal beasts · Nogtail · Poltergeist · Red Cap · Snake · Troll · Vampire · Vampire bat · Werewolf · Yeti · Zombie

[GOF31-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 31 (The Third Task)

[OPF-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)

[wonderbook-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Wonderbook: Book of Spells (see this video for confirmation)

[WU-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

[OP35-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 35 (Beyond the Veil)

[DHG2-6] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)

[OP19-7] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 19 (The Lion and the Serpent)

[LEGOHP5-7-8] 8.0 ^8.1 LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7

[GOF23-9] Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 23 (The Yule Ball)

[LEGOHP1-4-10] LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

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+{{WizardsUniteSpoiler}}
 {{Spell infobox
 |name=Reductor Curse
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 {{Quote|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]]|Wonderbook: Book of Spells}}
-The '''Reductor Curse'''<ref name="wonderbook">{{WBS}} (see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsuo7ZeE3Bw this video] for confirmation)</ref> (''Reducto''<ref name="GOF31" />) is a [[curse]] that blasts solid objects to pieces.<ref name="GOF31" /> It is rather easy to reduce a target to a fine mist<ref name="wonderbook" /> or a pile of ashes.<ref name="OPF" /> [[Harry Potter]] taught this curse to [[Dumbledore's Army]] during the 1995-1996 school year.
+The '''Reductor Curse'''<ref name="wonderbook">{{WBS}} (see [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsuo7ZeE3Bw this video] for confirmation)</ref> (''Reducto''<ref name="GOF31" />) is a [[curse]] that blasts solid objects to pieces.<ref name="GOF31" /> It is rather easy to reduce a target to a fine mist<ref name="wonderbook" /> or a pile of ashes.<ref name="OPF" /> [[Harry Potter]] taught this curse to [[Dumbledore's Army]] during the [[1995–1996 school year]]
 ==History==
-It is unknown when and who invented this spell. It was used multiple times during the [[Second Wizarding War]]. It is also featured in the {{WBS}} and commented on Miranda Goshawk.
+It is unknown when and who invented this spell. It was used multiple times during the [[Second Wizarding War]]. It is also featured in the {{WBS}} and is commented on by [[Miranda Goshawk]].
+During the [[1988–1989 school year]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], the then [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] [[Professor]] [[Patricia Rakepick]] taught this spell to her [[fifth year]] DADA students, in order to teach them something both highly practical and useful in their education.<ref name="WU">{{WU}}</ref>
-This is one of the spells that [[Harry Potter]] taught Dumbledore's Army. It was used throughout the [[Second Wizarding War]], such as the [[Triwizard Tournament]] and the [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries]].
+This is one of the spells that [[Harry Potter]] taught [[Dumbledore's Army]], having previously used the spell during the [[Triwizard Tournament]]. It was used heavily by members of the DA that participated in the [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries]] in [[June]] [[1996]].
 ==Known uses==
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 This spell was later used during the [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries]] and resulted in the smashing of the shelves in the [[Hall of Prophecy]].
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 |-
 |[[Hermione Granger]]
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 [[30 June]], 1997
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-Used to try and get past the Cursed Barrier in The Battle of the Astronomy Tower, the night [[Albus Dumbledore]] died
+Used to try and get past the Cursed Barrier in The Battle of the Astronomy Tower, the night [[Albus Dumbledore]] died.
 |}
 ==Known practitioners==
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-Ginny Weasley.jpg|[[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]]<ref name="OPF" />
+OOTP_promo_front_closeup_Ginny_Weasley.jpg|[[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]]<ref name="OP35" /><ref name="OPF" />
-PromoHP7 Harry Potter.jpg|[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="GOF31" /><ref name="OP35" />
+OOTP_promo_front_Harry_cropped.jpg|[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="GOF31" /><ref name="OP35" />
-Hermionedhface.jpg|[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="OP35" />
+ootp_hermione.jpg|[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="OP35" />
-Luna-Lovegood-Deathly-Hallows.jpg|[[Luna Lovegood]]<ref name="OP35" />
+OOTP_promo_front_Luna_Lovegood.jpg|[[Luna Lovegood]]<ref name="OP35" />
-MOLLY1.jpg|[[Molly Weasley]]<ref name="DH2">{{DH|F2}}</ref>
+OOTP_promo_front_Ron_cropped.jpg|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]<ref name="OP35" />
-Ron Weasley.jpg|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]]<ref name="OP35" />
+NevilleHBP.jpg|[[Neville Longbottom]]<ref name="OP35">{{OOTP|B|35}}</ref>
-NevilleLongbottom WB F5 NevilleLongbottomFullbody Promo 100615 Port.jpg|[[Neville Longbottom]]<ref name="OP35">{{OOTP|B|35}}</ref>
+SeamusFinnigan-0.jpg|[[Seamus Finnigan]]<ref name="DHG2">{{DH|G2}}</ref>
-ParvatiPoA.jpg|[[Parvati Patil]]<ref name="OP19">{{OOTP|B|19}}</ref>
+WB_F5_ParvatiPatil_CloseUpFilmStill_HP5D-5684.jpg|[[Parvati Patil]]<ref name="OP19">{{OOTP|B|19}}</ref>
+Profileflit.jpg|[[Filius Flitwick]]<ref name="LEGOHP5-7">{{LEGO|Y2}}</ref>
 Severus Snape.jpg|[[Severus Snape]]<ref name="GOF23">{{GOF|B|23}}</ref>
+Barty_Crouch,_Jr.jpg|[[Bartemius Crouch Junior]]<ref name="LEGOHP1-4">{{LEGO|Y1}}</ref>
-JacobSiblingGeneric.png|[[Jacob's sibling]]
+Patricia_Rakepick_-_Hogwarts_Mystery.png|[[Patricia Rakepick]]<ref name="WU">{{WU}}</ref>
+JacobSiblingGeneric.png|[[Jacob's sibling]]<ref name="WU">{{WU}}</ref>
 </gallery>
 ==Etymology==
-The incantation "''reducto" is  [[Latin]] for "''reduce" or "''bring down''<nowiki/>".
+The [[incantation]] "''reducto" is  [[Latin]] for "''reduce" or "''bring down''<nowiki/>".
 ==Behind the scenes==
+*In the {{OOTP|F}}, only Ginny casts the Reductor Curse to smash the shelves in the Hall of Prophecy, instead of every D.A. member present.
-[[File:Tumblr_mqzotsyRAi1rgnynlo4_r3_250.gif|240x240px|frame|in the film]]
+*In {{LEGO|Y2}}, The Reductor Curse is the standard offensive [[spell]] that enemies, in particular [[Death Eaters]], will cast at the player's character to attack them.<ref name="LEGOHP5-7">{{LEGO|Y2}}</ref>
-In the film version of The Order of the Phoenix, only Ginny casts the Reductor Curse to smash the shelves in the Hall of Prophecy, instead of every D.A. member present.
+*In {{DH|F2}}, Hermione casts Reducto to destroy a railing in order to clear her path so she could jump onto the Ukrainian Ironbelly, and again to force the dragon to take off from the top of Gringotts' spire when it stopped for a rest.
 ==Appearances==
 *{{GOF}} {{1st}}
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 ==Notes and references==
 {{Reflist}}
+{{Charms}}
 {{Defence Against the Dark Arts}}
-{{Charms}}[[es:Maldición reductora]]
+[[es:Maldición reductora]]
 [[fi:Poistujo]]
 [[fr:Sortilège de Réduction]]
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 [[Category:Battle of the Department of Mysteries]]
 [[Category:Curses]]
-[[Category:Spells of known incantation]]
-[[Category:Spells with a light]]
 [[Category:Defence Against the Dark Arts]]
+[[Category:Spells with a light]]
+[[Category:Spells with Incantations of Latin Origin]]