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Meanings of black magic in English

Portuguese
poder mágico
Catalan
bruixeria
Spanish
magia negra

The belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world.

        poder mágico
        Russian
        чёрная магия
        Portuguese
        magia negra
        Spanish
        magia negra
        Catalan
        màgia negra

        Use of supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes.

            чёрная магия
            Usage of black magic in English
            1
            His hours are devoted to the extraction of essences-tono black magic.
            Farina
            2
            Legends of shape-changing and black magic came into the young Viking's mind.
            Vandrad the Viking; Or, The Feud and the Spell
            3
            Worse than that, there are rumours of black magic, of casting spells.
            The Story of the Duchess of Cicogne and of Monsieur de Boulingri...
            4
            I don't wish to have anything to do with such black magic.
            The White Feather Hex
            5
            There was a lingering sense of black magic involved in his power.
            Dead beat
            6
            The Red Court was preparing a destructive act of high black magic.
            Changes
            7
            Making it easier to use larger and larger amounts of black magic.
            Dead beat
            8
            We could convince her that Tante Rose can countermand the black magic.
            Island beneath the sea
            9
            I frowned, pondered, and kept on the lookout for incoming black magic.
            Blood rites
            10
            It seemed as though they were assembling the pets by black magic.
            The new yorker
            11
            Here, Vodou defies cliches of zombies, pins in dolls and black magic.
            The Guardian
            12
            He did some black magic or something, after all those people died.
            Strange Sweet Song
            13
            Warnings are out that black magic-practicing witch doctors are storming South Auckland.
            Radio NZ
            14
            That there was no such thing as truly evil, malevolent, black magic.
            Blood rites
            15
            You just read the human heart by some black magic of your own.
            The Happiest Time of Their Lives
            16
            There was even talk of black magic and of happenings utterly beyond credibility.
            The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
            This collocation consists of:
            Translations for black magic
            Black magic through the time
            Black magic across language varieties
            United States of America
            Common
            United Kingdom
            Less common