Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Scourgify

Scourgify
Phép thuật
Kiểu	Spell (Charm)
Nội dung	Cleans up foreign material
Xuất hiện lần đầu	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Tổng quan

Scourgify is one of the cleaning charms, used to clean foreign material off surfaces.

Extended Description

In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, we see it a couple of times; Tonks uses it with limited results to clean Hedwig's cage (she admits that she's not very good at that); and Ginny uses it to clean up the Stinksap that Neville's Mimbulus Mimbletonia has sprayed around the compartment of the Hogwarts Express. It is also used to "wash out" a young Snape's mouth in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Phân tích

Scourgify seems to be limited to surfaces; it cannot restore spilled liquids to a container, only eliminating them. It also is not used to remove foreign matter from a container; Evanesco is used for that – which may be why Tonks' attempt to clean Hedwig's cage, a container, does not succeed. There is also a charm Tergeo that seems to be used for almost the same purpose.