Diminuendo

Spell Name: Shrinking Charm

Incantation: Diminuendo

Pronunciation: dim-IN-you-end-oh

Spell Branch: Charms

Magical Discipline(s):

Appearance: White light.

Description: Diminuendo was the incantation for a charm that caused an object to shrink. See also Reducio.

Regulations: Legal

Skill Level: Intermediate

Etymology: In music, Diminuendo is a word indicating changes of dynamics; means "getting gradually softer". In modern English, "diminish" means "to shrink" or to "become nonexistent"

References:

• During the 1995–1996 school year, Nigel Wolpert used this spell on a mechanical Death Eater target in the Room of Requirement during a Dumbledore's Army meeting.

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