What can kill a wizard?(was Re: Hagrid)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 116436


I (Carol) wrote:
> Your answer raises another question for me. Apparently wizards can't
> be killed in a car crash or from being splinched, and baby Harry
> didn't die when a house fell on him, so they're more resistant than
> Muggles to violent death.    <SNIP>    How, then, can witches and
> wizards be killed other than by an AK?
> 
> Anybody have any ideas on this?
> 
Chancie responded:
> I don't really think that Hagrid said this meaning that it wasn't
possible to be killed in a car crash, but only that he was appaled at
the thought that Harry had been lied to about his parents. And by
doing so insulting their memory.

Carol responds:
I don't quite agree. If you look at Neville being dropped several
foors and numerous other examples, some of which I cited and some of
which Christopher mentioned in his response, it seems clear that it
really is harder to kill a Wizard than to kill a Muggle. I really do
think that a Wizard would not be killed in a car crash, if only
because they'd be driving an enchanted car that can squeeze through
traffic or jump ahead of the traffic like the MoM cars in PoA.

Chancie wrote:
> Also I do believe it is VERY posible for wizards to die in other
ways than the AK.  One thing that stands out for me is Dementors of
course!  But I would assume that wizards could be killed by other
things as well.  Harry would have been dead in CoS if not for Fawks,
and Author Weasley in OotP when biten by Nagini if not for St. Mungo's
so I would assume animal bites.  Also in PS/SS if I remember corectly
aren't two of Snapes potions (used to guard the stone) in the logic
riddle Hermione solves poison.  And I can't recall hearing any 
> Wizards dieing in car crashes or things like that, but I believe it
is possible.  

Yes, basilisks, Dementors (not death but something worse), and other
monsters, but I'm thinking about ways that one wizard can kill
another. And, yes, of course, potions are one of those ways, and
Snape's classes, especially his lessons on anecdotes, are going to
prove important. 

But, as I indicated in my response to Christopher, I still think we
have a very limited list here, and important as potions will probably
prove to be, especially if the DEs are again picking off Order members
one by one, they won't work very well as a weapon in a pitched battle.

Carol, with apologies for not combining this post with the previous one