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* [[Curiosity Is a Crapshoot]]: The bell in Charn -- its associated inscription summarises this trope fairly well.

* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|Dangerous Forbidden Spell]]: The Deplorable Word.

* [[Depopulation Bomb]]: The magical incantation by the white witch Jadis is this. After ruling her home planet of [[Meaningful Name|Charn]] as a cruel and capricious tyrant with a [[~~Zero-Percent~~ Approval Rating]] and on the eve of defeat by her own subjects, Jadis out of pure spite uttered the deplorable word, resulting in ''[[Omnicidal Maniac|the instant death of every living thing in that universe]]'' except herself.

* [[Depopulation Bomb]]: The magical incantation by the white witch Jadis is this. After ruling her home planet of [[Meaningful Name|Charn]] as a cruel and capricious tyrant with a [[0% Approval Rating]] and on the eve of defeat by her own subjects, Jadis out of pure spite uttered the deplorable word, resulting in ''[[Omnicidal Maniac|the instant death of every living thing in that universe]]'' except herself.

** Though the war was against her sister, implied to have been almost as evil, at least if the wax figures presenting the last members of the imperial house are anything to go by, as they all appear cruel and miserable.

* [[The Disease That Shall Not Be Named]]: We are never told what is killing Digory's mum, but cancer claimed both [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]]' mother and his wife in [[Real Life]]. Justified since ''The Magician's Nephew'' is set in the Edwardian Era, before cancer diagnosis and treatment were commonplace.