Importance of Incantations (WAS: Neville's broken nose)

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 85899

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hermowninny719" 
<hermowninny719 at y...> wrote:
> Berit wrote:
> I got the impression that if Dolohov could have uttered his spell out 
> loud, the spell would have been much more powerful. The only reason 
> Hermione didn't die, was because Dolohov's words were silenced... 
> <major edit>
> 
>
According to Harry, yes.  Which I don't understand in the first place, since 
there is only one "killing curse," and it's Avada Kedavra- so unless it was that, 
how *could* it have killed her?  Seems to me like a "heart-stopping" curse or 
something along those lines would also be an unforgivable. 

Allie