Evanesco

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Spell Name: Vanishing Spell

Incantation: Evanesco

Pronunciation: /ɛvəˈnɛsk/ EV-ə-NES-koh

Spell Branch: Transfiguration

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Description: Makes the target vanish.

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References: Used in Order of the Phoenix by Snape to make Harry's potions disappear from his cauldron. In addition, when Fred and George were showing off their puking pastilles, Lee Jordan cleared the bucket of vomit with the Evanesco spell.

Notes: According to Minerva McGonagall, in Deathly Hallows, Vanished objects and organisms go "into non-being, which is to say, everything."