Avada Kedavras

Verb

Avada Kedavra (third-person singular simple present Avada Kedavras, present participle Avada Kedavra-ing, simple past and past participle Avada Kedavra'd or Avada Kedavraed)

1. (ambitransitive, humorous) To use the Killing Curse from the Harry Potter series on (someone), causing immediate death.
   • There isn’t much point in trying to attack this, the final installment in the epic saga of Harry Potter; everyone in the civilized world has already seen it, and all of the die-hard HP fans won’t accept even the slightest criticism of the movies, save for the degree to which they differ from the...2011 August 16, Kevin Kryah, “Harry ends on a high note”, in Samantha Strong, editor, Cub Reporter, volume 63, number 1, Indianapolis, Ind.: Lawrence Central High School, page 13, column 1
2. (figuratively, humorous, transitive) To destroy (something).
   • Better be careful, witch, it sounds like he’s about to Avada Kedavra this relationship.2011 December 5, UWM Post, volume 56, number 13, Milwaukee, Wis.: University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee