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- noun
Evil andfearsome creature .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I guess they could still do that scene without Rufus Scrimgeour but since I've heard the first 13 minutes are in 3-D, they'll probably start with a bang and open with the dementor attack on the bridge.
BIll Nighy Joins Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | /Film 2009
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And I think that creepy robed dude is Voldemort, not a dementor.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The Hairy Peter final book cover 2007
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Terry McAuliffe is the political equivalent of a dementor - he breathes on a candidate and they're doomed.
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It was like coming face to face with a Harry Potter dementor.
Nathan Robinson: Close Encounters With My Congressman: Learning to Loathe Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) 2008
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Another colleague told me he would asume the role of my “dementor.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » How New Words Often Come About: 2007
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Well, you can ask any dementor or he-who-must-not-be-named, and they'll tell you that dangerous is his middle name.
07/26/2005 2005
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“It was your soul the dementor would have taken …”
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007
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Melissa: Ooooh, I'm a dementor, I run at the sight of a small yippy dog!
The Annoyance List and Yippy Dogs Cheryl 2005
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Melissa: Ooooh, I'm a dementor, I run at the sight of a small yippy dog!
Archive 2005-07-01 Cheryl 2005
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He would've made a hilariously hyper/scary dementor.
clashpunk Diary Entry clashpunk 2004
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