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Crucio

Crucio is the Cruciatus Curse, an Unforgivable that causes intense pain. Barty Crouch Jr demonstrates it on a spider in the fourth-year Defence class. It is used on Neville’s parents, on Harry in the graveyard, and widely by Death Eaters. Harry later finds that casting it well seems to require meaning the pain.

Illustration of Crucio

First mention

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Chapter: The Unforgivable Curses

The disguised Moody puts the curse on a spider in class and names it for the students.

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