Known Vanishing Spell

> The contents of Harry's potion vanished; he was left standing foolishly beside an empty cauldron.
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> Snape vanishing Harry Potter's failed Draught of Peace, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The **Vanishing Spell** (*Evanesco*) was a Transfiguration spell used to vanish both animate and inanimate objects "into non-being, which is to say, everything".Template:Real Magical Spell

## Nature

The Vanishing Spell was one of the most complicated spells taught at ***Ordinary Wizarding Level*** (A.K.A. OWL).

It became more difficult with the complexity of the animal to be vanished; for instance, a ***snail***, as an invertebrate, was rather simple, whereas the ***mouse***, as a mammal, presented a great challenge. The greatest challenge, however, was the vanishment of a kitten, which Hermione Granger managed to do by ***mid-year***.
Minerva McGonagall stated that Vanished objects went "*into non-being, which was to say, everything*".
Certain objects could be enchanted to resist Vanishing Spells, such as fireworks. For example, Fred and George Weasley charmed their Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes fireworks so that if anyone attempted to Vanish them, not only would they remain but would multiply by ten each time would so occurs.

## History

### 1990s

In 1991, Harry Potter may have used this spell unintentionally to make the glass at the ***Zoo*** disappear.
In 1992, after being forced to take a photo with Gilderoy Lockhart for Colin Creevey and then asked to sign it, Harry wished he knew a good Vanishing Spell to escape the embarrassment.
In ***May*** 1993, Neville Longbottom may have used this spell unintentionally during a Transfiguration lesson, in which Professor McGonagall stated that all students would still be having their ***end of year exams*** in one week, despite the attacks on students and the suspension of Albus Dumbledore and Rubeus Hagrid. ***Neville's wand*** slipped and one of the legs on his desk vanished after hearing the announcement.
When none of the students except Hermione Granger could perform the spell properly, Professor McGonagall told the students to practise the spell overnight, for a fresh start ***the next day***. In their second lesson, the students were given questions on the Vanishing Spell for homework. On ***6 September***, however, the students were given a break from this spell and instead were given a long and difficult essay on the ***Inanimatus Conjurus Spell***.
Later on in the year, Professor McGonagall returned the class to Vanishing Spells, this time working to make ***mice*** disappear. However, in the week leading up to the ***Gryffindor vs Slytherin match***, she abstained from giving them homework so that the Gryffindor Quidditch team could practise.

## Known uses

> Bill took out his wand, muttered “Evanesco!” and the scrolls vanished.
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> Bill Weasley vanishing old scrolls with this spell, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

 Harry Potter | ***June*** ***1996*** | Harry vanished the whole of an ***iguana*** during his practical Transfiguration ***O.W.L.***.

## Known practitioners

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* ***Fifth-year*** students

## Etymology

The incantation "*Evanesco*" is a Latin word meaning "*vanish*" or "*disappear*".

## Behind the scenes

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* The spell ***Evanesce*** featured in the Template:TCG is almost certainly a misspelling of *Evanesco*, the incantation for this spell, as both the spells are shown to have the same effect (Vanishment).
* As the Vanishing Spell is very hard to be successfully cast on cats, let alone humans, it's very unlikely that the appearance of the spell in Template:MA is canonical.
	+ It is also possible that since the ***Warrington sisters' grandmother*** taught them the spell, she may have found another way to cast the spell more easily on complicated objects, or that she was simply more proficient in the spell than most witches and wizards.

## Appearances

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## Notes and references

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1. ↑ Template:HM
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3. ↑ Evanesco on Google Translate

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