Turn undead refers to the ability to cause undead monsters to turn and flee from you for a time. The name comes from Dungeons & Dragons. In NetHack's punnish fashion, some forms of undead turning can also turn dead things "un-dead" (alive).

There are three different ways to turn undead in NetHack:

• the #turn undead extended command
• the spellbook of turn undead
• the wand of undead turning

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